F.D.R. -- The Last Year
Brief Synopsis
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Jason Robards, who was seen as Leland Hayward initially only the night before, starred as a dying Franklin Delano Roosevelt in this dramatization of Jim Bishop's book, and garnered an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actor. This production, taped rather than filmed, also brought a Supporting Act
Cast & Crew
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Anthony Page
Director
Jason Robards Jr.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eileen Heckart
Eleanor Roosevelt
Edward Binns
General "Pa" Watson
Augusta Dabney
Grace Tully
Larry Gates
Admiral Leahy
Film Details
Release Date
1980
Production Company
NBC Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
3h
Synopsis
Jason Robards, who was seen as Leland Hayward initially only the night before, starred as a dying Franklin Delano Roosevelt in this dramatization of Jim Bishop's book, and garnered an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Actor. This production, taped rather than filmed, also brought a Supporting Actress nomination to Eileen Heckart for her Eleanor Roosevelt, whom she previously had portrayed in "Backstairs at the White House."
Director
Anthony Page
Director
Cast
Jason Robards Jr.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eileen Heckart
Eleanor Roosevelt
Edward Binns
General "Pa" Watson
Augusta Dabney
Grace Tully
Larry Gates
Admiral Leahy
Michael Gross
Dr Howard Bruenn
Kim Hunter
Lucy Rutherford
James Karen
Admiral Mcintire
Mike Kellin
Andre Gromyko
Jan Miner
Cousin Daisy
Nehemiah Persoff
Josef Stalin
Ted Ross
Prettyman
Sylvia Sidney
Cousin Polly
Kathryn Walker
Anna
Kenneth Welsh
Thomas E Dewey
Andrew Duncan
Robert Nixon
Richard Hamilton
Robert Hanagan
Cec Linder
Samuel Rosenman
Avon Long
Bunnright
Wensley Pithey
Winston Churchill
Norman Rose
Ben Cohen
Murray Westgate
Cordell Hull
George R Robertson
General Groves
Tom Harvey
Edward J Flynn
Terry O'quinn
James Roosevelt
Ed Moore
Douglas Cornell
Sloan Sheldon
Captain
Jay Garner
Mayor
Ellen Rose
Gibon
Mandel Kramer
Henry Morganthau Jr
Robert Hitt
Lieutenant Taylor
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
1980
Production Company
NBC Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
3h
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Aired in United States May 15, 1980
