| Jay Follet is suffering a mid-life crisis while his wife, Mary, is expecting their second child. When Jay takes his family to visit his 103-year-old grandmother, he begins to realize that life is passing by too quickly. He turns more and more toward alcohol to escape from reality. When Jay doesn't come home one night, Mary learns that he was in an accident and waits anxiously for his return. Screen adaptation of Tad Mosel's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning play based on James Agee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel A Death in the Family. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 01, 1971 |
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| Director: | Fred Coe |
| Writer: | Tad Mosel, James Agee |
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| Keywords | live theatre |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Talent Associates-Norton Simon |
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| Updates |
Updated: Jan 23, 2026 Entered: Jun 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Joanne Woodward | Mary Follet |
| Richard Kiley | Jay Follet |
| Pat Hingle | Ralph Follet |
| Eileen Heckart | Aunt Hannah Lynch |
| Barnard Hughes | Joel Lynch |
| Jane Mallett | Catherine Lynch |
| James Woods | Andrew Lynch |
| James O'Neill | John Henry Follet |
| Nan Stewart | Jessie Follet |
| Betty Garde | Aunt Sadie Follet |
| Kay Hawtrey | Sally Follet |
| Jenny Laidle | Great-Great Grandma Follet |
| Allan Clowes | Father Jackson |
| Shane Nickerson | Rufus Follet |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Fred Coe | Director |
| Tad Mosel | Writer |
| James Agee | Novel |
| Arthur Rubinstein | Original Music Composer |
| Ben Edwards | Art Direction |
| Ann Roth | Costumer |
| Barney Stewart | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Duane Bogie | Executive Producer |
| David Susskind | Producer |
| Alan Shayne | Associate Producer |
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