Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States — visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.
Acting
Art Carney's Oscar-winning vulnerability — Honeymooners who?
Direction
Mazursky's gentle humanism, no cynicism allowed.
Writing
Conversations that feel overheard, not scripted.
Director
Paul Mazursky
Art Carney
Harry Coombes
Ellen Burstyn
Shirley Mallard
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Jessie Stone
Larry Hagman
Eddie Coombes
Chief Dan George
Sam Two Feathers
René Enríquez
Grocery Clerk
Herbert Berghof
Jacob Rivetowski
Michael McCleery
Mugger
Rashel Novikoff
Mrs. Rothman
Philip Bruns
Burt Coombes
Cliff DeYoung
Burt Coombes Jr.
Josh Mostel
Norman Coombes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Art Carney beat Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, AND Dustin Hoffman for Best Actor. The Academy loved a comeback.
Chief Dan George's scene was rare authentic Native representation in 1974 Hollywood — Mazursky cast him after Little Big Man.
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