All the Way Home (1963 film)

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,^[3] and the 1960 Tad Mosel play All the Way Home.^[4]

All the Way Home
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Directed by	Alex Segal
Screenplay by	Philip Reisman Jr.
Based on	A Death in the Family (1957 novel) by James Agee All the Way Home (1960 play) by Tad Mosel
Produced by	David Susskind
Starring	Jean Simmons Robert Preston Pat Hingle Aline MacMahon Thomas Chalmers
Cinematography	Boris Kaufman
Edited by	Lora Hays
Music by	Bernard Green
Production company	Talent Associates
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	September 14, 1963 (1963-09-14) (New York Film Festival) October 17, 1963 (1963-10-17) (Tennessee)
Running time	97–107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$650,000[1] or $1 million[2]

Plot

Cast

• Jean Simmons as Mary Follett
• Robert Preston as Jay Follett
• Pat Hingle as Ralph Follett
• Aline MacMahon as Aunt Hannah
• Thomas Chalmers as Joel
• John Cullum as Andrew
• Helen Carew as Mary's mother
• Ronnie Claire Edwards as Sally
• John Henry Faulk as Walter Starr
• Mary Perry as Great-aunt Sadie
• Lylah Tiffany as Great-great-grandmaw
• Edwin Wolfe as John Henry
• Michael Kearney as Rufus Follett
• David Huddleston (uncredited)

Release

The film was screened at the first New York Film Festival in Philharmonic Hall on September 14, 1963. It had its official premiere at the Tennessee Theatre on October 17, 1963.^[5][6]

See also

• List of American films of 1963