A Great American Tragedy
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A middle-aged aerospace engineer has his whole life changed when he is suddenly laid off from his job. Unable to find work because of his age and a bad economy, he watches his bills pile up, his wife forced to go back to work and his marriage start to break up.
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Cast
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George Kennedy
Brad Wilkes
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Cool Hand Luke
Vera Miles
Gloria Wilkes
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Psycho
The Searchers
William Windom
Rob Stewart
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Murder, She Wrote
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sallie Shockley
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Kevin McCarthy
Mark Reynolds
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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Hilarie Thompson
Julie Wilkes
Known for
Nighthawks
The Fury
Hilary Thompson
Julie Wilkes
James Woods
Rick
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Once Upon a Time in America
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Natalie Trundy
Paula Braun
Known for
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Nancy Hadley
Trudy Stewart
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Frontier Uprising
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Tony Dow
Johnny
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Leave It to Beaver
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Marcia Mae Jones
Claire
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The Way We Were
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J. Lee Thompson Director · Caryl Ledner Writer George Duning Composer
United States release October 18, 1972 · Produced in United States · Production ABC
Production
Metromedia Productions
Production
ABC
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 18, 1972
TV
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