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I Never Sang for My Father (1970) — OmList

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Janel Productions & Columbia Pictures present

I Never Sang for My Father

directed by Gilbert Cates

“A motion picture the whole world has taken to its heart.”

19701h 32mPGDrama

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Janel Productions & Columbia Pictures present

I Never Sang for My Father

directed by Gilbert Cates

“A motion picture the whole world has taken to its heart.”

19701h 32mPG

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§ Synopsis

Drama

A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.

§ Keywords

what it's about

parent child relationship professor based on play or musical father son relationship

§ Crew

behind the camera

Director

Screenplay

Robert Anderson

Cinematography

Morris Hartzband

George Stoetzel

Music

§ Cast

8 of 17

Gene Hackman

as Gene Garrison

Melvyn Douglas

as Tom Garrison

Dorothy Stickney

Dorothy Stickney

as Margaret Garrison

Estelle Parsons

Estelle Parsons

Elizabeth Hubbard

Elizabeth Hubbard

as Dr. Margaret 'Peggy' Thayer

Lovelady Powell

as Dr. Mayberry

Conrad Bain

as Rev. Sam Pell

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