The Skin of Our Teeth

IMDb 10.0 1983 • 113 min • Drama

Director

Jack O'Brien

Country

US

Plot Summary

Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).

Top Cast

Blair Brown
Blair Brown Sabina
Sada Thompson
Sada Thompson Mrs. Antrobus
Harold Gould
Harold Gould Mr. Antrobus
Jeffrey Combs
Jeffrey Combs Henry Antrobus
Monique Fowler
Monique Fowler Gladys