Five Days from Home (1979)

A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son.

Director:

George Peppard

Writer:

William Moore

Stars:

Sherry Boucher, Neville Brand, Victor Campos

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sherry Boucher	...	Wanda Dulac (as Sherry Bouchér)
Neville Brand	...	Inspector Markley
Victor Campos	...	José Stover
Robert Donner	...	Karl Baldwin
Ronnie Claire Edwards	...	Marian Lemoore
Jessie Lee Fulton	...	Mrs. Peabody
William Larsen	...	J.J. Bester
Robert Magruder	...	The Colonel
George Peppard	...	T.M. Pryor
Savannah Smith Boucher	...	'Georgie' Haskin (as Savannah Smith)
Don Wyse	...	Howie
Nick	...	Himself
Bubba Butler	...	Prison Guard 1
Bobby Oliveaux	...	Prison Guard 2
Peyton E. Park	...	Cal (as Peyton Park)

Storyline

A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son.

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Plot Keywords:

prison | schlitz | number in title

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Taglines:

A Gentle Man. A Desperate Man. He only wants to be with his critically ill son. To get to him, he has to put his life on the line. And his only help is a beagle puppy who isn't even housebroken.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

5 meres meta tin apodrasi

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Long Rifle, Winchester

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

[last lines]
T.M. Pryor: It's me. It's your daddy. And I brought you a puppy for Christmas.

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Soundtracks

"Love Theme"
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Music by Bill Conti
Sung by Gene Morford

User Reviews

Good Old Fashioned Plot. You can stand up and cheer.

This movie was filmed close to my home town, so I was eager to see friends and acquaintances who made it to the big screen.

I saw the film in College Station Texas while attending fire school. Then caught it again on TV a few years later.

It's a great movie with timeless themes. I can't understand why it hasn't been released on DVD or at least video.

George Peppard was one of my favorite actors and he must have been a good sport to shoot the film in his wife's (at the time) home town.

One of my favorite scenes is when the lead goes into a Los Angles Bar and the interior is Springhill's own "Friendly Bar." A place that most kids from my hometown went to have their first beer.

I hope they release this to the home market some day.