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5.9/10   30 votes
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Director:
Richard Crenna
Writers:
John Carpenter (writer)
Greg Strangis (writer)
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Release Date:
17 October 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Harry Landers is a feisty senior citizen who refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy retirement home run by a dour Ms... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Harold Gould ... Harry Landers
Strother Martin ... J.D. Ashcroft
Tyne Daly ... Ms. Davis
Harry Morgan ... Mr. Scott
Marjorie Bennett ... Marjorie Crane
Victor Buono ... Dr. Zoltan Polos
George Gobel ... Captain Taylor
Jeanette Nolan ... Lavinia Leventhal

Donald Pleasence ... Colonel Riddle

Larry Storch ... Sheriff
Lou Jacobi ... Milton Cohen
Paula Trueman ... Alke Elam
William Bogert ... Rapist
Joyce Bulifant ... Jean Wallace
Woody Chambliss (as Woodrow Chambliss)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
120 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L
Filming Locations:
Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA more
Company:
Factor/Newland Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Uncredited Fred Astaire sings the opening song "You're never too young to try". more
Quotes:
[repeated line]
Ms. Davis: Damn you, Harry Landers!
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Soundtrack:
You're Never Too Young more

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Pure Escapist Fun w/ Underdog Sentiments, 20 September 2005
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Author: Estelle Edwards (libertarianlass@yahoo.com) from Riverhead, L.I., New York

It wasn't often that you saw a movie where the rebellious types were a bunch of senior citizens - considering society's attitude about old people. This was a fun movie to watch with a bit of tragedy thrown in. It surprises me that John Carpenter, of all people, was one of the writers! One doesn't think of him as doing light-hearted fare. In any case, they don't show this one too often, if at all, on TV anymore, and it was done in the early 80's! Larry Storch is funny in the role of the exasperated sheriff who always seems to be caught in the middle between Mrs. Davis (Tyne Daly) and her crusty charges at the nursing home. I only saw this once, and it just seemed to have disappeared.

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