The Morning After (1974) (TV)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Richard T. Heffron

Writers:

Richard Matheson (writer)
Jack B. Weiner (novel)

Release Date:

13 February 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A successful public relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family and his life. |

Plot Keywords:

Alcoholism | Alcoholic | Husband Wife Relationship | Based On Novel

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Dick Van Dyke	...	Charlie Lester
Lynn Carlin	...	Fran Lester
Don Porter	...	Rudy King
Robert Hover	...	Frank Lester
Jewel Blanch	...	Karen Lester
Carolyn Ames	...	Carol Lester
Richard Derr	...	Dr. Tillman
Joshua Bryant	...	Dr. Emmett
Linda Lavin	...	Toni
Dermott Downs	...	Danny Lester
Joyce Easton	...	Rita
Sandy Ward	...	Telly Curran
Jim Raymond	...	Jim Doherty
Penny Cunard	...	Kathy Doherty
Doug Johnson	...	Stewart

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Wolper Productions

Soundtrack:

Yesterday

a classic

I cannot say enough good things about this film. I guess it is the mark of a classic that a film that was made almost thirty years ago could still touch people today. Dick Van Dyke deserved an Emmy for his mind-blowing performance as a tragic alcoholic. This movie has the grimmest ending you could imagine but it makes it a better film and a cut above the typical "disease of the week" fare tv has so often served. What is so amazing to me is that Dick Van Dyke had never played a dramatic part before he took on this one. He has played two other dramatic parts I remember well, he was a priest accused of murder in The Runner Stumbles and played another alcoholic in an HBO presentation of The Country Girl. Its so ironic that all three of these fine performances that he gave are now almost impossible to see. I have gotten e-mails from people after I got my copy of TMA asking me how they could get it because they have family members who are alcohlics. All right,go to "Google" on your computer. It is the most effective search engine and type in Weird World Of 70's Cinema Video Library. They have many, many rare videos that I didn't even know existed and The Morning After is one of them. Thats how you can get a copy. The e-mail address of this site is [e-mail]. A man named Fitzgerald owns the site. He will gladly send you a copy at a very reasonable price.