British actors perform
Eugene O'Neill's family drama A Long Day's Journey Into Night in a made-for-television performance. This filmed play was originally broadcast on March 10, 1973. For his portrayal of aging actor James Tyrone,
Laurence Olivier won an Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by a Lead Actor.
Constance Cummings plays his morphine-addicted wife, Mary;
Denis Quilley plays his alcoholic son, Jamie; and
Ronald Pickup plays the ill writer Edmund. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide