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Going Home (1971 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000292/1972 Golden Globes, USA (1972)]
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.
Principal cast
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
* List of American films of 1971
References
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