Going Home (1971 film) explained

Going Home
Director:Herbert B. Leonard
Producer:Herbert B. Leonard
Screenplay:Lawrence B. Marcus
Starring:Robert Mitchum
Brenda Vaccaro
Music:Bill Walker
Cinematography:Fred Jackman Jr.
Editing:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Studio:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime:97 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Going Home is a 1971 drama film directed by Herbert B. Leonard and starring Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro and Jan-Michael Vincent, who was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor.[1] [2]

Plot

Harry Graham (Mitchum) is a lonely and beaten-down man who has recently been released from prison after serving time for murdering his wife 13 years earlier. His son, Jimmy (Vincent), who witnessed the slaying as a child, is still haunted by the crime and wants to confront his father about it. Jimmy tracks Harry to a run-down seashore community and finds him living in a trailer park with his girlfriend Jenny (Vaccaro). It's clear that Jimmy himself is dealing with serious psychological problems, and the father-son reunion leads to sometimes grim complications.

Cast

Actor Role
Harry K. Graham
Jenny Benson
Jimmy Graham
Ann
Mr. Bonelli
Mr. Malloy
Mrs. Green

Critical reception

Vincent Canby of The New York Times did not care for the film although he praised its intelligence and some of the actors:

Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times did not care for the film and gave it 2 out of 4 stars:

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1972 Golden Globes, USA (1972)
  2. Web site: Golden Globes Winners and Nominees 1972 for work in 1971. Golden Globe Awards. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. United States. February 6, 1972. March 10, 2019. April 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413203425/https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1972. dead.