You'll Like My Mother (1972)

Francesa Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was rescently killed in action in Vietnam, travels to visit her late husband's mother in a snowy Minnesota town only to get snowed ... See full summary »

Director:

Lamont Johnson

Writers:

Jo Heims, Naomi A. Hintze (novel)

Stars:

Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Patty Duke	...	Francesca Kinsolving
Rosemary Murphy	...	Mrs. Kinsolving
Richard Thomas	...	Kenny
Sian Barbara Allen	...	Kathleen
Dennis Rucker	...	Red Cooper
Harold Congdon	...	Man
James Glazman	...	Breadman
James Neumann	...	Joey

Storyline

Francesa Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was rescently killed in action in Vietnam, travels to visit her late husband's mother in a snowy Minnesota town only to get snowed in during a fierce blizard where she's forced to wait it out only to slowly uncover some terrible dark secrets that Mrs. Kinsolving has been hiding, one of them is her psychotic other son, a recent escapee from a lunatic asylum, who is shacked up in the basement of the house.

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Plot Keywords:

minnesota | pregnant | blizzard | stranded | widow | 

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Taglines:

Run for your life!

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 1972 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sob a Sombra da Outra

Filming Locations:

Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bing Crosby Productions, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed at the Congdon Mansion in Duluth, MN. After the murder of mansion owner and prominent heiress Elisabeth Congdon in 1977, a movie theatre in Duluth revived the movie at midnight showings (much to the chagrin of the Congdon family).

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits roll down instead of up.

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Connections

References Rosemary's Baby (1968)

User Reviews

A Credible Thriller For A Made For TV Movie !

This was one of ABC's TV Movies Of The Week, and a fairly good thriller. Recently widowed by her military husband, pregnant Patty Duke goes to stay at her mother in law's New England country home. Having never met before, the only thing that Patty knows about her hostess is that her late husband had often commented, " You'll Like My Mother ". Well, "Mom" couldn't be any less gracious, and Patty soon enough realizes that something is very amiss. With Sian Barbara Allen as a mildly retarded relative, and Richard Thomas as Kenny who is an uneering presence that was one of the better made for TV movies of the early 70's.