Your dad's the town pariah and you're just back from losing a war. Family dinner's gonna be awkward.
A Civil War veteran returns home to find his father has become a social pariah.
Acting
Cliff Robertson brooding like his life depends on it.
Production
TV budget doing heavy lifting with sheer atmosphere.
Director
David Lowell Rich
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired as a 'Playhouse 90' episode, back when TV movies were prestige events with actual budgets.
1958 Hollywood couldn't stop making Civil War veterans psychologically damaged—it's the original 'thank you for your service' guilt trip.
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