Movie
I Never Sang for My Father
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1970-10-18
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Janel Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Gene Garrison
- Melvyn Douglas as Tom Garrison
- Dorothy Stickney as Margaret Garrison
- Estelle Parsons as Alice
- Elizabeth Hubbard as Dr. Margaret 'Peggy' Thayer
- Lovelady Powell as Norma
- Daniel Keyes as Dr. Mayberry
- Conrad Bain as Rev. Sam Pell
- Jon Richards as Marvin Scott
- Nikki Counselman as Waitress
- Carol Peterson as 1st Nurse
- Sloane Shelton as 2nd Nurse
Crew
- Gilbert Cates - Director
- Robert Anderson - Screenplay
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