The Ten-Year Lunch
1987, English. Directed by Aviva Slesin.
The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table
The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The New Yorker founder Harold Ross; columnist and social reformer Heywood Broun; critic Alexander Woollcott; and playwrights George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber and Robert Sherwood.
- Runtime
- 0h 56m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Aviva SlesinDirector
- Heywood Hale BrounHimself - Host
- Marc ConnellyHimself - Participant
- Margalo GillmoreHerself - Participant
- Ruth GordonHerself - Participant
- Averell HarrimanHimself - Participant
- Helen HayesHerself - Participant
- Roberta MaxwellDorothy Parker (voice)
- Marshall EfronAlexander Woollcott (voice)
- Cynthia AdlerEdna Ferber (voice)
- Nat BenchleyRobert Benchley (voice)
- Fred GwynneGeorge S. Kaufman (voice)
- Ray OwensFranklin P. Adams (voice)
Details
- Released
- 28 September 1987
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Peter Foges, Mary Jo Kaplan
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The Ten-Year Lunch runs 56 minutes (0h 56m).
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The Ten-Year Lunch isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 28 September 1987. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Ten-Year Lunch?
If you liked The Ten-Year Lunch, try Louis Theroux: Louis and the Nazis, Audrey, Making The Witcher.
Who directed The Ten-Year Lunch?
The Ten-Year Lunch (1987) was directed by Aviva Slesin and stars Heywood Hale Broun, Marc Connelly, Margalo Gillmore.