Steambath

TV Movie
1973
Not Rated
1h 30m

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Random people find themselves in a steam room, quickly realize that it's a gateway to the afterlife and that the eccentric Puerto Rican janitor is actually God.Random people find themselves in a steam room, quickly realize that it's a gateway to the afterlife and that the eccentric Puerto Rican janitor is actually God.Random people find themselves in a steam room, quickly realize that it's a gateway to the afterlife and that the eccentric Puerto Rican janitor is actually God.

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7.8/10

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 3 nominations total

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Stephen Elliott

Oldtimer

Bill Bixby

Tandy

Herb Edelman

Bieberman

Neil J. Schwartz

Young Man
(as Neil Schwartz)

Patrick Spohn

Young Man

Peter Kastner

Gottlieb

Valerie Perrine

Meredith

Kenneth Mars

Broker

José Pérez

Attendant
(as Jose Perez)

Art Metrano

Longshoreman

Shirley Kirkes Mar

Young Girl
(as Shirley Kirkes)

Biff Elliot

Flanders

Director
- Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer
- Bruce Jay Friedman
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Trivia
Valerie Perrine became the first woman to display (on purpose) her nipples on American network television during the 4 May 1973 broadcast of this movie on Hollywood Television Theater (PBS). Valerie Perrine was seen taking a shower from the side and her butt was in full view. Only a few PBS stations were adventurous enough to carry the program.

Quotes
Meredith: How do you think I feel? I just had my first orgasm.
Tandy: Just now?
Meredith: No, while I was watching the Dick Cavett Show. I was all alone eating some peach yogurt and I got this funny feeling.

Alternate versions
On the Broadway Theatre Archive's DVD, a black bar is imposed over Valerie Perrine's nipples in the head-on showering shot, but the rest of her nude scene is uncensored.

Connections
Featured in The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1974)

Soundtracks
Baby June and Her Newsboys /Let Me Entertain You
Written by Jule Styne & Stephen Sondheim
Performed by Patrick Spohn & Neil J. Schwartz

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10/10

This film needs to be re-released.

I agree wholeheartedly with those who like this movie. I too watched it on PBS in the early seventies with a group of my friends and we all thought it was hilarious--even profound. Bruce Jay Friedman is one of the cleverest and most imaginative writers around. Check out his stories in the volume Black Angels if you want to see more of his work. Steambath is an unacknowledged gem. It ranks right alongside the black humor of Vonnegut, John Irving and T.C. Boyle. It should be resurrected.