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I Never Sang for My Father

A motion picture the whole world has taken to its heart.

A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.

19701h 32mPGDrama

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About I Never Sang for My Father

Directors
Gilbert Cates
Cast
Gene Hackman, Melvyn Douglas, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons, Elizabeth Hubbard, Lovelady Powell
Genres
Drama
Content rating
PG
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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