I Never Sang for My Father

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-11-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

GP

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (1567 Reviews)

Director:

Gilbert Cates

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Melvyn Douglas Gene Hackman Dorothy Stickney Estelle Parsons

Writer:

Robert Anderson (play)

Robert Anderson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.

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