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5.3/10   81 votes
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Director:
David Miller
Writers:
David Manber (writer)
John Weston (novel)
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Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
The generation gap is more than just long hair, loud music, or a misunderstanding of ideals between father and son. It is a void from which a new force must emerge, a new hero!
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
Well cast but mediocre film more (3 total)

Cast

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Michael Douglas ... Carl Dixon
Arthur Kennedy ... Albert Dixon

Teresa Wright ... Santha Dixon
John Larch ... Mr. Conklin
Charles Drake ... Senator Murchiston
Mercer Harris ... Jimmy
Deborah Winters ... Becky

Peter Strauss ... Frank Dixon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mario Alcalde ... Congressman Arcado
Walter Baldwin ... Nat Winder
Peter Brocco ... Old Man #1
Virginia Christine ... Eleanor Murchiston
Marjorie Eaton ... Carl's Aunt
James Griffith ... Painter #2
Louise Latham ... Miss Mirabel
Heather Menzies ... Molly Adams
Burt Mustin ... Old Man #2
Dorothy Neumann ... Carl's Aunt
James Nusser ... Max
John Qualen ... Billy Hurd
Amy Stuart ... Rhetha
Renee Tetro ... Tinky
Charles Wagenheim ... Painter #1
Lucas White ... Jeff
Carmen Zapata ... Juana
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG
Company:
Cinema Center Films more

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Trivia:
Last cinema film of Virginia Christine. more
Soundtrack:
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3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Well cast but mediocre film, 6 November 2000
6/10
Author: cinders63 from Australia

Michael Douglas gives a very sympathetic performance as a young pacifist returning home before shipping out to Vietnam. The acting is superb in this small film about a sensitive young man trying to impress a bullying father who quite obviously sees him as a disappointment. He hopes to win his father's love and respect by enlisting in the army, imagining himself to be a great hero, but finds it difficult to bridge the chasm between himself and the old man.

This could have been a good film, but it misses the mark. A banal but not unpleasant time-waster.

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