Harry & Son

Harry & Son

🎞️ Movie 120 min US
โ˜… 5.8 /10 1984

Two men with nothing in common... except the blood in their veins.

Harry Keach has been widowed for two years and works as a bulldozer operator on a construction crew. Despite having a strong work ethic, that working life is cut short when health issues lead to him no longer being able to do the job. Harry has a strained relationship with his two grown children: Nina, who, with her insurance salesman husband, seems more concerned about what they can receive in material possessions through her relationship with Harry; and Howard, who still lives with Harry. Howard is an aspiring writer, but as a person who lives in the here and now would rather hang out having fun than find work in a steady job when he isn't writing. Despite Harry loving Howard and Howard loving Harry, the strain in their relationship is brought to the fore as Howard can work but won't while Harry wants to work but can't. Especially while they still live together, the two have to come to a new understanding as they move into the next phase of their respective lives, Howard's which includes his on-again, off-again relationship with girlfriend Katie Wilowski, that off again status due to Katie being pregnant with another man's child, and Harry's which includes Howard's want for him to start thinking about women again.

Cast

Paul Newman
Paul Newman
Harry
Robby Benson
Robby Benson
Howard
Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin
Katie
Wilford Brimley
Wilford Brimley
Tom
Judith Ivey
Judith Ivey
Sally
Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
Raymond
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Siemanowski
Katherine Borowitz
Katherine Borowitz
Nina
Maury Chaykin
Maury Chaykin
Lawrence
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward
Lilly
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
Composer
๐Ÿ‘ค
Donald McAlpine
Cinematographer