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To All My Friends on Shore (1972) (TV)
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25 February 1972 (USA) morePlot:
An airport redcap works hard to get his family out of the ghetto, only to discover that his son has sickle-cell anemia. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Won Primetime Emmy. moreUser Comments:
Touching Slice of Life moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Bill Cosby | ... | Blue |
 | Gloria Foster | ... | Serena |
| Dennis Hines | ... | Vandy |
| Bo Enivel | ... | Clipboard Man |
| Dennis Tate | ... | Dr. Folkman |
| Ray Mason | ... | Doctor |
| Garrett Saunders | ... | Garageman |
| David Mann | ... | Porter |
| Judy Mills | ... | Receptionist |
| Teddy Thompson | ... | Tempo |
| Steven Dohanos | ... | Traveler |
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Norwalk, Connecticut, USAFun Stuff
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Miscellaneous: In the closing credits, Charles Federmarch is credited twice as "sound mixer". moreFAQ
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I received this movie in the "50 all-star movie" collection box for $16.99, now avail as low as $10. (20 cents per movie!) A lot of little gems like this one, made for TV on TV budgets in the 1970's. Wonderful time-capsules to show our children and remember ourselves, that otherwise would be locked away.
We have a straightforward plot and characters, and Cosby's were very reminiscent of my grandparents that went through the depression and saved aluminum foil, rubber bands, and Christmas bows to reuse later. Good stories establish believable characters then have them resolve a conflict, but Cosby (the writer) may have pushed too hard in defining archetypes of the goal driven father, the status quo father, the torn mother, and frustrated son. I found the father's repeated gruffness irritating, but was guessing Cosby was playing a caricature of someone from memory. The son's illness may have been a little melodramatic, but the response and resolution in the last 30 minutes (which I won't spoil) was sweet without being saccharine and seemed to me somehow special yet reasonable for the man we had come to know.
This movie would not have won an Oscar, but I enjoyed it just the same.