- HD 1080
- Runtime: 143m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Héctor Babenco
- Stars: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora
- keywords: forgiveness, loyalty, homelessness, drifter, accidental death, alcoholic, estranged father, haunted by the past, drunkenness, ghosts of the past, hobo, 1930s, living on the streets, missions, bums, albany, new york
- Production_studio: TAFT Entertainment Pictures, HBO, Keith Barish Productions, TriStar Pictures
- Slogan: Hard times and Good times. Francis and Helen.
- The Ironweed is featured in the top rankings of 1987
- #96 in Top Drama Movies of 1987
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.