My Father's House (1975) (TV)

Director:

Alex Segal

Writers:

Philip Kunhardt Jr. (book)
David Seltzer (writer)

Release Date:

1 June 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

While recuperating from a heart attack--brought about in part by his job as a hard-charging but highly paid executive--a man begins to reflect on his life and the simpler time when he was growing up. |

Plot Keywords:

Heart Attack | Based On Book

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Cliff Robertson	...	Tom Lindholm Jr.
Robert Preston	...	Tom Lindholm Sr.
Eileen Brennan	...	Mrs. Lindholm Sr.
Rosemary Forsyth	...	Judith Lindholm
Ruth McDevitt	...	Anna
Michael-James Wixted	...	Tom Jr., as a boy
Lark Geib	...	Susan
Michael Cornelison	...	Steven
Brad Savage	...	Brad
Carlene Olson	...	Ellen
Victoria Clark	...	Zozo
Hilary Clark	...	Zozo
Gail Strickland	...	Paula
Laurie Main	...	Food Editor
Clarke Gordon	...	Flaherty

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

David Sontag Productions

Depressing

Well-acted and produced, "My Father's House" is a rather depressing drama made for ABC-TV that finds heart attack victim Cliff Robertson remembering the happier times of his youth.

With Robert Preston playing his father in the flashbacks, and with death casting a grim shadow over the story, this is almost a companion piece to 1963's "All the Way Home," based on James Agee's "A Death in the Family." In some ways, it's also reminiscent of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone episode "Walking Distance" in which a middle-aged Gig Young is transported back in time to his secure, carefree and happier childhood. There's nothing supernatural here, though. Grim reality is explored instead, and the results are frequently moving and depressing as hell.

Brian W. Fairbanks