I Never Sang for My Father

Name: I Never Sang for My Father
Director: Gilbert Cates
Released: 1970
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Gene Hackman, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons, Elizabeth Hubbard

1970 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 3,170 VOTES · DIR. Gilbert Cates

Overview

Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,121 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:15 Death ends a life...

00:03:19 It looks weak.

00:08:10 - I can understand your enthusiasm. - I like it a lot.

00:10:39 He hadn't been around to see us for over a year.

00:13:34 Mother...

00:16:52 Don't know what we'd do without you, Gene.

00:22:04 Then when I'm going he says, "We don't ever get to see you."

00:27:16 He seems to think everything is going just as well as can be expected.

00:30:34 Now, I would like to make a suggestion.

00:32:54 Well...

00:36:06 ...and I wouldn't let him come to the cemetery.

00:40:07 ...and the two of us sitting there, father and son...

00:45:03 I can't tell you how it makes me feel as a man...

00:48:05 I've written out receipts for you to sign for the jewellery your mother left you...

00:51:13 Oh, I'll be back on my feet.

00:54:05 ...but I'm perfectly able to carry on by myself.

00:57:11 What do you want us to do? Let it be known that Alice and Gene...

00:59:38 Because of what he did, you're entitled to it.

01:07:42 We'd all come east, you know.

01:11:20 You got quite a little pot there.

01:14:47 So I sent him in some oranges.

01:18:47 - I'll be all right. - No, it's rough, Dad.

01:22:10 I can manage. Send me a Christmas card, if you remember.

01:24:29 ...and I did not wanna hate you.

Cast & Characters

Melvyn Douglas Tom Garrison Gene Hackman Gene Garrison Dorothy Stickney Margaret Garrison Estelle Parsons Alice Elizabeth Hubbard Peggy Lovelady Powell Norma Daniel Keyes Dr. Mayberry Conrad Bain Rev. Pell Jon Richards Marvin Scott Nikki Counselman Waitress

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,121

Dialogue density12.2 lines / min

First line00:00:15

Final line01:24:29

Production Record

DirectorGilbert Cates

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes3,170