All the Way Home (1963 film) explained

All the Way Home
Director:	Alex Segal
Producer:	David Susskind
Screenplay:	Philip Reisman Jr.
Starring:	Jean Simmons Robert Preston Pat Hingle Aline MacMahon Thomas Chalmers
Music:	Bernard Green
Cinematography:	Boris Kaufman
Editing:	Lora Hays
Studio:	Talent Associates
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	97–107 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Budget:	$650,000^[1] or $1 million^[2]

All the Way Home is a 1963 drama film directed by Alex Segal and starring Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Pat Hingle, and Michael Kearney. The plot is about a young boy and his mother dealing with the sudden death of his father. It was based on the 1957 James Agee novel A Death in the Family,^[3] and the 1960 Tad Mosel play All the Way Home.^[4]

Cast

• Jean Simmons as Mary Follett
• Robert Preston as Jay Follett
• Pat Hingle as Ralph Follett
• Aline MacMahon as Aunt Hannah
• Thomas Chalmers as Joel
• John Cullum as Andrew
• Helen Carew as Mary's mother
• Ronnie Claire Edwards as Sally
• John Henry Faulk as Walter Starr
• Mary Perry as Great-aunt Sadie
• Lylah Tiffany as Great-great-grandmaw
• Edwin Wolfe as John Henry
• Michael Kearney as Rufus Follett
• David Huddleston (uncredited)

Release

The film was screened at the first New York Film Festival in Philharmonic Hall on September 14, 1963. It had its official premiere at the Tennessee Theatre on October 17, 1963.^{[5] [6]}

See also

• List of American films of 1963

Further reading

• Paul F. Brown, Rufus: James Agee in Tennessee, Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 422 pages, 2018. . The book's appendix details the making and premiere of the film All the Way Home.

Notes and References

1. News: 'NO STRINGS' SOLD TO FILM COMPANY. E. A.. Aug 29, 1962. New York Times. .
2. Jack Grossberg Lams on Susskind. Variety. 21 November 1962. 11.
3. Book: Agee, James. James Agee

   . A Death in the Family. James Agee. McDowell, Obolensky Inc.. New York City. 1957. 1st. B0006AV5JE.

4. Book: Mosel, Tad. Tad Mosel

   . All the Way Home: A Drama in Three Acts. Tad Mosel. Acting. Samuel French, Inc.. New York City. 1961. B0007DKA82.

5. Official Preem Oct. 17, For 'All Way Home'. September 18, 1963. 5. Variety. February 11, 2024. Internet Archive.
6. Knoxville News Sentinel east Tennessee movie making all the way home