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NBC LIVE THEATRE: THE OLDEST LIVING GRADUATE (TV)

Summary

Premiere of this series of irregularly scheduled live dramas. Host Jane Fonda introduces part the play "The Oldest Living Graduate," depicting the clash of wills between a cantankerous family patriarch, Col. J.C. Kincaid, and his ambitious son, Floyd, over lakefront land that Floyd is eager to develop. Floyd arranges a celebration honoring his father as "the oldest living graduate of a local military academy." Closes with Henry Fonda in a short documentary about Preston Jones.

Details

  • NETWORK: NBC
  • DATE: April 7, 1980 Monday 9:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 1:55:16
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T80:0544
  • GENRE: Drama
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Families
  • SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1980-
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • David W. Rintels … Executive Producer
  • Gareth Davies … Producer
  • Paul Waigner … Associate Producer
  • Jack Hofsiss … Director
  • Preston Jones … Writer
  • Jane Fonda … Host
  • Henry Fonda … Cast, Col. J.C. Kincaid
  • George Grizzard … Cast, Floyd Kincaid
  • Harry Dean Stanton … Cast, Mike Tremaine
  • Penelope Milford … Cast, Martha Ann
  • John Lithgow … Cast, Clarence
  • David Ogden Stiers … Cast, the Major
  • Cloris Leachman … Cast, Maureen
  • Timothy Hutton … Cast, the Cadet
  • Allyn Anne McLerie … Cast, Mrs. Hampton
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