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All the Way Home movie storyline. Rufus Follet is a 7-year-old boy living in a small town in Tennessee in 1915. His chief delights are the hours he spends with his father, Jay, an easygoing man who takes the child to Chaplin movies, the neighborhood saloon, and their “special place” where they can watch trains go by. Although Rufus’ pregnant mother, Mary, is often at odds with Jay because of his drinking and lack of interest in religion, their marriage is essentially a happy one. Following a visit to Rufus’ elderly grandmother, Jay receives word from his brother Ralph that their father is seriously ill.
Returning home from the old man’s house, Jay is killed in an automobile accident. For little Rufus, it is the end of his world. Unable to comprehend the meaning of death, he breaks down after the funeral and races to the special place where he and his father shared so many hours. Mary follows, waits until the boy’s emotions are spent, and then takes him in her arms. She tells him that the child she is carrying will always remind him of his father; holding hands, the two return home.
All the Way Home is a 1963 drama film directed by Alex Segal and starring Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Pat Hingle, and Michael Kearney. The plot is about a young boy and his mother dealing with the sudden death of his father. It was based on the 1957 James Agee novel A Death in the Family and the 1960 Tad Mosel play All the Way Home.
All the Way Home (1963)
Directed by: Alex Segal
Starring: Jean Simmons, Robert Preston, Pat Hingle, Aline MacMahon, Thomas Chalmers, John Cullum, Helen Carew, Ronnie Claire Edwards, John Henry Faulk, Mary Perry, Lylah Tiffany, Edwin Wolfe, Michael Kearney
Screenplay by: Philip Reisman Jr.
Production Design by: Richard Sylbert
Cinematography by: Boris Kaufman
Film Editing by: Lora Hays
Costume Design by: Sal Anthony
Makeup Department: Dick Smith
Music by: Bernard Green
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: October 17, 1963
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