The Gift

The Gift
1979DramaTV Movie100 mins
★★★★★

Plot

A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.

  • Don Taylor

    Director

  • Pete Hamill

    Novel

  • Robert Malloy

    Writer

  • Robert E. Collins

    Director of Photography

  • John Farrell

    Editor

  • Gregory Prange

    Editor

  • Glenn Ford

    Billy Devlin

  • Julie Harris

    Anne Devlin

  • Gary Frank

    Pete Devlin

  • Allison Argo

    Kathleen

  • Maggie Cooper

    Betty

  • Tom Clancy

    Richie Brennan

  • Harry Gold

    Griffin

  • Kevin Bacon

    Teddy

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    Legion Commander

  • Phillip Pine

    Boop

  • Mitchell Group

    Sal

  • Jane Hoffman

    Mrs. Crowley

  • Lewis Charles

    Izzy

  • K.C. Martel

    John

  • Antony Ponzini

    Patsy

  • Pat Corley

    Brick

  • Edwin Max

    Mr. Baron

  • Bob O'Connell

    George

  • Jerry Machen

    Eddie Riggs

  • Matt Russo

    Grifter

  • Conal O'Brien

    Paratrooper on Bus

  • Frank Conn

    Paratrooper on Bus

  • Luke Andreas

    Ironworker 1

  • Nicholas Mele

    Ironworker 2

  • Art Kassul

    Crony 1

  • Raymond Guth

    Crony 2

  • Don Stark

    Punk 1

  • Jon Reigrod

    Punk 2

  • Julie Alter

    Sal's Girlfriend (uncredited)

  • Joel Bailey

    Navy Guy (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    100 minutes

    Released

    1979-12-15

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Paramount Television Studios

    The Jozak Company

    Cypress Point Productions

    Sound

  • George Aliceson Tipton

    Music

    • Updated

    101 days ago

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