Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.
Unfortunately the movie A Thousand Clowns is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Dan Eriksen | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Herb Gardner | Screenplay |
| Directing | Fred Coe | Director |
| Writing | Herb Gardner | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Jim Shields | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Hugh A. Robertson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruth Morley | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irving Buchman | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Fred Coe | Producer |
| Production | Ralph Rosenblum | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Donisha Walker | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Arthur J. Ornitz | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles Fialla | Hairstylist |
| Art | George DeTitta Sr. | Set Decoration |
| Production | Henry Spitz | Production Manager |
| Production | Herb Gardner | Associate Producer |
| Art | Herbert F. Mulligan | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Ralph Rosenblum | Editor |
