About a funny, feisty, compassionate man who is very determined to have nothing to do with the lemming-like rush-hour world. But his resolve is tested when social workers Sandra and Albert tell him that he must shape up, or his twelve-year-old nephew Nick will be shipped out to a foster home. Released when workday lifestyles went largely unchallenged, this inventive comedy-drama gleefully speaks to the nonconformist in all.
Rating: Not rated.
screenplay, Herb Gardner ; director, Fred Coe.
Title from sell sheet.
Based on a play by Herb Gardner.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1965.
Wide screen.
Special features: Diary of a middle-aged kid: New interview with co-star Barry Gordon; theatrical trailer.
Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Barry Gordon, John McMartin, William Daniels.
DVD, wide screen.
English dialogue; English subtitles.
