A lonely old man (Martin Balsam) finds his life beginning to have some meaning when he helps a teenager living in a rehab center.
Acting
Balsam's trembling restraint — never showy, always devastating.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like humans, not Oscar speeches.
Director
Fielder Cook
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mackenzie Phillips was fresh off 'American Graffiti' and battling her own substance issues that would later mirror Robin's character arc eerily.
This aired on ABC in 1975 when ' Movie of the Week' was peak prestige television, before the term 'TV movie' became synonymous with disposable.
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