My Old Man | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Jerome Kass |
Story by | Ernest Hemingway |
Directed by | John Erman |
Starring |
Kristy McNichol Warren Oates Eileen Brennan |
Music by | Dominic Frontiere |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Carolyn McNichol Jerry Zeitman |
Producer(s) | Robert Halmi |
Location(s) | Saratoga Race Track, Saratoga Springs, New York |
Cinematography | Larry Pizer |
Editor(s) | Argyle Nelson |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production company(s) | Robert Halmi |
Distributor | CBS |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | December 7, 1979 |
My Old Man is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film starring Kristy McNichol, Warren Oates and Eileen Brennan, directed by John Erman. The film, written by Jerome Kass based on an Ernest Hemingway story that had previously been adapted for the 1950 film Under My Skin, was originally broadcast on CBS on December 7, 1979.
Frank Butler (Oates) is a cantankerous unlucky horse trainer who wins big at the track and buys a horse for his jockey daughter Jo (McNichol) in an attempt to reconcile their troubled relationship.