The Family Man (1979 film)

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| genre = Drama
Romance

| director = Glenn Jordan

| executive_producer = Freyda Rothstein
David Susskind

| producer = Ruth E. Carter (as Ruth Carter)
Peter Dohanos

| writer = William Hanley

| based_on = {{Based on|The Monogamist|Thomas Gallagher}}

| starring = Ed Asner
Meredith Baxter Birney
Anne Jackson

| music = Billy Goldenberg

| cinematography = Zale Magder

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| editor = Sidney Katz
John Wright

| company = Time Life Television

| network = CBS

| released = {{Start date|1979|12|19}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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The Family Man is a 1979 television film, directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Ed Asner and Meredith Baxter Birney.

Plot

Asner plays a prosperous Irish-born New Yorker who falls in love with a young pianist and is tempted to be unfaithful to his wife for the first time.{{cite news |author=Tom Buckley |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/19/archives/tv-asner-in-a-drama.html |title=TV: Asner in a Drama |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 19, 1979 }}

Cast

Edward Asner as Eddie Madden
Meredith Baxter Birney as Mercedes Cole
Anne Jackson as Maggie Madden
Dick Latessa as Fred
Michael Kirby as Walter
Michael Wincott as Charlie
Martin Short as Louie
Gordon Thomson as Dance Instructor
Michael Ironside as Bartender

Reception

Writing in the New York Times, Tom Buckley gave the film a bad review, calling the script "resolutely undramatic, stilted and humorless", the directing "like stretching taffy" and Asner's accent "intermittent and unconvincing".

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0079133}}

Category:1979 television films

Category:1979 films

Category:American television films

Category:Films scored by Billy Goldenberg