The Neon Ceiling (1971)
A housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stop in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist whose life's work is the neon sculptures he collects and attaches to the ceiling.
Director:
Frank Pierson
Writer:
Carol Sobieski
![]() |
Gig Young as Jones |
![]() |
Lee Grant as Carrie Miller |
![]() |
Denise Nickerson as Paula Miller |
![]() |
Herb Edelman as Harry |
![]() |
William Smithers as Doctor Miller |
![]() |
Robert Pratt as Ferris Wheel Man |
![]() |
James McEachin as Highway Patrolman |
| Directing | Frank Pierson | Director |
| Art | Alexander A. Mayer | Art Direction |
| Production | William Sackheim | Producer |
| Editing | Robert F. Shugrue | Editor |
| Writing | Carol Sobieski | Story |
| Camera | Edward Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Billy Goldenberg | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Carol Sobieski | Screenplay |
| Writing | Howard Rodman | Writer |