The Gift

Dec 15, 1979

1h 40m

★ 6.5

Three Days of Passion and Conflict That Will Change His Life Forever

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Paramount Television

The Jozak Company

Cypress Point Productions

The Gift Trailers

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Cast

Billy Devlin

Glenn Ford

Anne Devlin

Julie Harris

Pete Devlin

Gary Frank

Kathleen

Allison Argo

Betty

Maggie Cooper

Richie Brennan

Tom Clancy

Griffin

Harry Gold

Teddy

Kevin Bacon

Legion Commander

M. Emmet Walsh

Boop

Phillip Pine

Sal

Mitchell Group

Mrs. Crowley

Jane Hoffman

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