All the Way Home (1981) (TV)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Delbert Mann

Writers:

James Agee (novel)
Jeff Cullen (writer)

Release Date:

21 December 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone. |

Plot Keywords:

Family Member | Death | Love | Accident | Car

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Sally Field	...	Mary Follet
William Hurt	...	Jay Follet
Ned Beatty	...	Ralph Follet
Ellen Corby	...	Great-Gandmaw
Ann Doran	...	Great-Aunt Sadie
Betty Garrett	...	Catherine
Murray Hamilton	...	Joel Lynch
Polly Holliday	...	Aunt Hannah
Michael Horton	...	Andrew
Jeremy Licht	...	Rufus Follet
Frances Lee McCain	...	Sally
John McIntire	...	John Henry, Jay's Father
Jeanette Nolan	...	Jessie
Robby Kiger	...	Jim-Wilson
Gregory Brown

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Bing Theater - 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Gideon Productions

Trivia:

This was a production of a play broadcast live on NBC from the Bing Theatre on the campus of the University of Southern California.

Movie Connections:

Version of A Death in the Family (2002) (TV)

Sally Field was never better

I saw this in high school and it stayed with me to this very day. I SO WISH it would be released either on vhs or dvd. This is the performance that proved to me how much more than "Flo" Polly Holiday was. But Sally Field is truly remarkable. Not that "Norma Rae" hadn't already shown the world that, but this is a quiet storm brewing here about a young wife and mother who's husband suddenly doesn't come home one night. Anyone who's lost a spouse to an "accident" can identify with this story. The acting takes it leagues above the soap it could have been (in lesser hands). Catch this one in any way you can.