When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978) (TV)

Regisseur:

Dan Curtis

Drehbuchautoren:

Dan Curtis (story) &
Lee Hutson (story) ...

Premierendatum:

12. März 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

This film concentrates on attorney (Dean Jones) and his 9-year-old daughter (Katy Kurtzman). Responding to Katy's fervent pleas, Jones takes on the case of mute handyman Geoffrey Lewis, who has been accused of murder. |

Plot Keywords:

1930s | Anger | Court | Falsely Accused | Girl

Filmpreise:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

this story seemed to start out as a piece of fiction, but turned out to be true

Besetzung

Dean Jones	...	Ed Cooper
Louise Sorel	...	Millie Cooper
Chris Petersen	...	Daniel Cooper
Katy Kurtzman	...	Sarah Cooper
Harris Yulin	...	Prosecutor Joseph Antonelli
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Albert Cavanaugh, the 'Snowman'
Scott Brady	...	Officer Michael Doyle
Ronnie Claire Edwards	...	Mrs. Najarian
Ben Piazza	...	Herman Grasser
Henry Wilcoxon	...	Judge Henry J. Wheeler
Moosie Drier	...	Howie Martin
Scott Kimble	...	Dave Zimmer
Johnny Timko	...	Marty Albert
Tiger Williams	...	Charlie Wilson
Eric Shea	...	Red Doyle

Alternativ:

Wer den ersten Stein wirft... (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

100 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Firma:

Dan Curtis Productions

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Gefolgt von The Long Days of Summer (1980) (TV)

this story seemed to start out as a piece of fiction, but turned out to be true

When the story starts out, I thought it was fiction. I was shocked at the end of the show, to learn that it was a true story when it was stated that the teen-age bully "Red Doyle" was a marine sargeant who won the medal of honor posthumously fighting on Iwo Jima. The story seemed to hint at who was the real murderer especially when the neighbor whispers into red doyle's father ear. But without evidence or an indictment the real murderer escaped punishment. It seems as though red doyle sufferer the sins of his father. I probably would have forgotten the show had it not been for the epilogue. I am grateful that this story was presented. The lawyer played by Dean Jones reminded me of Gregory Peck in his role as Atticus Finch.