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Drop-Out Father

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Drop-Out Father

When they don't understand you at home or at work, stress strikes!

4.2

1h 40m

1982

“When they don't understand you at home or at work, stress strikes!”

Synopsis

Successful advertising executive decides to get out of the rat race but the family rebels at the new lifestyle he outlines. He and his youngest daughter leave the suburbs for a Manhattan loft apartment while the rest of the brood -- wife and three kids -- re-evaluate the situation. For his engaging score, Peter Matz won an Emmy Award nomination.

Director

Don Taylor

Trailer

ComedyDramaTV Movie

midlife crisis

Cast & Crew

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

as Ed McCall

Mariette Hartley

Mariette Hartley

as Katherine McCall

George Coe

George Coe

as Kannon Rush

William Daniels

William Daniels

as Draper Wright

Monte Markham

Monte Markham

as Tony Malgrado

Arthur Rosenberg

Arthur Rosenberg

as Marty Zimmerman

George Wyner

George Wyner

as Dr. Irving Lefkowitz

Claudia Lonow

Claudia Lonow

as Peggy McCall

Charles Bloom

as David McCall

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