Dave Karger Intro — Going Home (1971)

Going Home (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Going Back To Pro Bowling?

Having tracked his father Harry (Robert Mitchum), a Korean War vet, who’s just been paroled after serving 14 years for murdering his mother (Sally Kirkland), from Pittsburgh to a New Jersey beach town, Jimmy (Jan-Michael Vincent) enters a flashback, in which he’s played by young Jason Bernard, in Going Home, 1971.

Going Home (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Why Do I Prefer Crisco?

Recently paroled Jersey-shore ex-con Harry (Robert Mitchum) seems stunned at the appearance of his long-estranged son Jimmy (Jan-Michael Vincent), whose mother he murdered while drunk, at his trailer park, so he lets neurotic girlfriend Jenny (Brenda Vaccaro) handle the hosting, in Going Home, 1971.

Going Home (1971) -- (Movie Clip) He Had This Nervous Stomach

One-time professional bowler Harry (Robert Mitchum), paroled after 14 years in prison for murdering his wife in a drunken rage, is now sort-of employing his son Jimmy (Jan-Michael Vincent), whom he’s hardly seen in the intervening years, working on the Jersey shore, looking for common ground, in Going Home, 1971.

Going Home (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Open, She's Always Talking About God

Opening in near-horror style, the kid is Jason Bernard, the voice of the judge is not credited, Sally Kirkland is the mother and Robert Mitchum is the villainous father, the director is Herbert B. Leonard, best-known as the producer of VC’s Naked City and the original screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus, in Going Home, 1971.

Going Home (1971) -- (Movie Clip) He's Been Out Since Last September

Having learned that he’s not going to Vietnam, Pittsburgh-area youth Jimmy (Jan-Michael Vincent) decides to visit his father, Robert Mitchum, who’s been in prison for 13 years for killing his mother, their conversations, which may or may not have happened, running in his mind, in Going Home, 1971.