All the Way Home
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alex Segal
Jean Simmons
Robert Preston
Pat Hingle
Aline Macmahon
Thomas Chalmers
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Rufus Follet is a 7-year-old boy living in a small town in Tennessee in 1915. His chief delights are the hours he spends with his father, Jay, an easygoing man who takes the child to Chaplin movies, the neighborhood saloon, and their "special place" where they can watch trains go by. Although Rufus' pregnant mother, Mary, is often at odds with Jay because of his drinking and lack of interest in religion, their marriage is essentially a happy one. Following a visit to Rufus' elderly grandmother, Jay receives word from his brother Ralph that their father is seriously ill. Returning home from the old man's house, Jay is killed in an automobile accident. For little Rufus, it is the end of his world. Unable to comprehend the meaning of death, he breaks down after the funeral and races to the special place where he and his father shared so many hours. Mary follows, waits until the boy's emotions are spent, and then takes him in her arms. She tells him that the child she is carrying will always remind him of his father; holding hands, the two return home.
Director
Alex Segal
Cast
Jean Simmons
Robert Preston
Pat Hingle
Aline Macmahon
Thomas Chalmers
John Cullum
Ronnie Claire Edwards
Michael Kearney
John Henry Faulk
Lylah Tiffany
Mary Perry
Georgia Simmons
Edwin Wolfe
Ferdie Hoffman
Helen Carew
Crew
Bernard Green
Jack Grossberg
Michael Hertzberg
Boris Kaufman
Carl Lerner
Philip Reisman Jr.
Jim Shields
Larry Sturhahn
David Susskind
David Susskind
Richard Sylbert
Alec Wilder
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Miscellaneous Notes
Voted One of the Year's Ten Best Films by the 1963 National Board of Review.
Released in United States December 25, 1963
Released in United States Fall October 17, 1963
Released in United States October 17, 1963
Shown at New York Film Festival September 14, 1963.
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Released in United States Fall October 17, 1963
Released in United States October 17, 1963
Released in United States December 25, 1963 (Knoxville, Tennessee)
