I Never Sang For My Father (1970) DVD

Title: I Never Sang For My Father (1970) Runtime: 92 min Color: Color (Technicolor) Format: DVD Region ALL (Playable on any DVD player World Wide) Genre: Drama Language: English

Cast: Melvyn Douglas ... Tom Garrison  Gene Hackman ... Gene Garrison Dorothy Stickney ... Margaret Garrison Estelle Parsons ... Alice Elizabeth Hubbard ... Dr. Margaret 'Peggy' Thayer Lovelady Powell ... Norma Daniel Keyes ... Dr. Mayberry Conrad Bain ... Rev. Sam Pell Jon Richards ... Marvin Scott Nikki Counselman ... Waitress Carol Peterson ... Nurse #1 Sloane Shelton ... Nurse #2  James Karen ... Mr. Tucker (old age home director) Gene Williams ... Dr. Jensen (state hospital director)

Plot Summary: Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.