A motion picture the whole world has taken to its heart.
A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and spare.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
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“Is Gene Hackman the best thing in I Never Sang for My Father?”
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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Cast
- Gene HackmanGene Garrison
- Melvyn DouglasTom Garrison
- Dorothy StickneyMargaret Garrison
- Estelle ParsonsAlice
- Elizabeth HubbardDr. Margaret 'Peggy' Thayer
- Lovelady PowellNorma
- Daniel KeyesDr. Mayberry
- Conrad BainRev. Sam Pell
- Jon RichardsMarvin Scott
- Nikki CounselmanWaitress
Crew
- Gilbert CatesDirector
- Robert AndersonScreenplay
- Morris HartzbandDirector of Photography
- George StoetzelDirector of Photography
- Barry MannOriginal Music Composer
- Al GorgoniOriginal Music Composer
- Angelo RossEditor
- Gilbert CatesProducer
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