Goodbye, Franklin High Explained

Goodbye, Franklin High
Director:	Mike MacFarland
Producer:	Mike MacFarland
Starring:	Lane Caudell Julie Adams Darby Hinton Ann Dusenberry William Windom
Music:	Lane Caudell
Cinematography:	Dean Cundey
Editing:	Peter Parasheles
Studio:	Cal-Am Productions
Distributor:	Cal-Am Artists
Runtime:	94 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Goodbye, Franklin High is a 1978 American film starring Lane Caudell, Julie Adams, Darby Hinton, Ann Dusenberry, and William Windom. The film's tagline is: It seems like it's taken forever – but at last we're on our own!

Plot

Will Armer (Caudell) is a high-school athlete, who during his senior year, must deal with his girlfriend (Dusenberry) and parents (Adams and Windom) and make a difficult decision between the certainty of college or the possibility of a glamorous baseball career. Everyone associated with Will has a different opinion, making the final decision all the more dramatic.^[1]

Cast

• Lane Caudell as Will Armer
• Julie Adams as Janice Armer
• William Windom as Clifford Armer
• Darby Hinton as Mark Jeffries
• Ann Dusenberry as Sharon Browne
• Ron Lombard as Gregg Lombardi
• Stu Krieger as Kurt Moriarty
• Myron Healey as Walter Craig
• Virginia Gregg as Nurse

Release

The film was released theatrically in the United States by Cal-Am Artists in April 1978.

It was lauded by film critics upon its initial release, but prints no longer appear to be generally available, either on television or on video.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=z4w-CgAAQBAJ&dq=goodbye+franklin+high&pg=PA218 Erickson, Al. The Baseball Filmography, 1915 through 2001, 2d ed.