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My Father's House

  • TV Movie
  • 1975
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
78
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My Father's House (1975)
Drama

While recuperating from a heart attack--brought about in part by his job as a hard-charging but highly paid executive--a man begins to reflect on his life and the simpler time when he was gr... Read allWhile recuperating from a heart attack--brought about in part by his job as a hard-charging but highly paid executive--a man begins to reflect on his life and the simpler time when he was growing up.While recuperating from a heart attack--brought about in part by his job as a hard-charging but highly paid executive--a man begins to reflect on his life and the simpler time when he was growing up.

  • Director
    • Alex Segal
  • Writers
    • Philip Kunhardt Jr.
    • David Seltzer
    • David Sontag
  • Stars
    • Cliff Robertson
    • Robert Preston
    • Eileen Brennan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    78
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alex Segal
    • Writers
      • Philip Kunhardt Jr.
      • David Seltzer
      • David Sontag
    • Stars
      • Cliff Robertson
      • Robert Preston
      • Eileen Brennan
    • 3User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Cliff Robertson
    Cliff Robertson
    • Tom Lindholm Jr.
    Robert Preston
    Robert Preston
    • Tom Lindholm Sr.
    Eileen Brennan
    Eileen Brennan
    • Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
    Rosemary Forsyth
    Rosemary Forsyth
    • Judith Lindholm
    Ruth McDevitt
    Ruth McDevitt
    • Anna
    Michael-James Wixted
    • Tom Jr., as a boy
    Lark Geib
    • Susan
    Michael Cornelison
    Michael Cornelison
    • Steven
    Brad Savage
    Brad Savage
    • Brad
    Carlene Olson
    • Ellen
    Victoria Clark
    Victoria Clark
    • Zozo
    Hilary Clark
    • Zozo
    Gail Strickland
    Gail Strickland
    • Paula
    Laurie Main
    Laurie Main
    • Food Editor
    Clarke Gordon
    Clarke Gordon
    • Flaherty
    Arthur Bernard
    • Science Editor
    Dilart Heyson
    • Jim
    Joseph Maher
    Joseph Maher
    • Doctor
    • Director
      • Alex Segal
    • Writers
      • Philip Kunhardt Jr.
      • David Seltzer
      • David Sontag
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    bwaynef

    Depressing

    Well-acted and produced, "My Father's House" is a rather depressing drama made for ABC-TV that finds heart attack victim Cliff Robertson remembering the happier times of his youth.

    With Robert Preston playing his father in the flashbacks, and with death casting a grim shadow over the story, this is almost a companion piece to 1963's "All the Way Home," based on James Agee's "A Death in the Family." In some ways, it's also reminiscent of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone episode "Walking Distance" in which a middle-aged Gig Young is transported back in time to his secure, carefree and happier childhood. There's nothing supernatural here, though. Grim reality is explored instead, and the results are frequently moving and depressing as hell.

    Brian W. Fairbanks
    10MikeS-4749

    Powerful..brilliant.

    This is in my top 5 movies ever. In my early 20's, when I first saw it, I was incredibly moved. There are moments so very powerful... "a man looking to his father" ... across 3 generations. The movie deserves recognition, being simply brilliant. One must watch it without distraction. Am now in my 60s, and have watched it every 5 years or so. Even today it carries the power of my first viewing....as I travelled from young son starting out to hard working father to 'getting old' grandfather.

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    • Trivia
      Book author Philip Kunhardt Jr. worked for Life magazine as a reporter and managing editor in the early 1950s until 1972 when it ceased publication, then again in 1978 as managing editor until retiring in 1982.
    • Connections
      References The Lone Ranger (1949)

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    • Release date
      • June 1, 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La casa de mi padre
    • Production companies
      • David Sontag Productions
      • Edward S. Feldman Company
      • Filmways Television
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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