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.
Released: Dec 01, 1971
Runtime: 76 minutes
Stars: Joanne Woodward, Richard Kiley, Pat Hingle, Eileen Heckart, Barnard Hughes, Jane Mallett
Crew: Fred Coe (Director), James Agee (Novel), Tad Mosel (Writer), Duane Bogie (Executive Producer), David Susskind (Producer), Alan Shayne (Associate Producer)