Drop-Out Father (1982)
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Dick Van Dyke is the Drop-Out Father in this lighthearted TV movie. A successful but unsatisfied insurance executive, Van Dyke decides one day to kick over the traces. As his wife (Mariette Hartley) and family listen in fascinated horror, our hero announces his plans to move from the suburbs to a Manhattan loft, there to "find himself." With the exception of his loyal youngest daughter, Van Dyke's family elects to stay put, permitting him to carve out a new life on his own. Peter Matz won an Emmy nomination for his sprightly musical score. Originally telecast September 17, 1982, Drop-Out Father was followed in 1988 by a made-for-TV sequel, innovatively titled Drop-Out Mother. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Don Taylor
Synopsis of Drop-Out Father
Dick Van Dyke is the Drop-Out Father in this lighthearted TV movie. A successful but unsatisfied insurance executive, Van Dyke decides one day to kick over the traces. As his wife (Mariette Hartley) and family listen in fascinated horror, our hero announces his plans to move from the suburbs to a Manhattan loft, there to "find himself." With the exception of his loyal youngest daughter, Van Dyke's family elects to stay put, permitting him to carve out a new life on his own. Peter Matz won an Emmy nomination for his sprightly musical score. Originally telecast September 17, 1982, Drop-Out Father was followed in 1988 by a made-for-TV sequel, innovatively titled Drop-Out Mother. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Drop-Out Father
- Sivi Aberg - Housekeeper
- Jeff Altman - Harry
- Shelly Batt - Gloria Levin
- Ernie Brown - Conductor
- Ed Call - Capt. O'Malley
- George Coe - Kannon Rush
- Bill Erwin - Grandpa
- Bruce Gray - Austin Morrow
- Israel Juarbe - Jose
- Rhea Perlman - Tawny Shapiro
- Frank Ronzio - Angelo
- Susan Ruttan - Woman Prude
- Dick Van Dyke - Ed McCall
- Ned Wilson - Charleston Hart
- William Daniels - Draper Wright
- David E. Boyle - TV Announcer
- Ray Singer - Doug
- Claudia Lonow - Peggy McCall
- Charles Bloom - David McCall
- Jeffrey Richman - Hairdresser
- Sandy Barry - Muffy
- William Lithgow - Dr. Furness
- Celia Wellman - Beth Anne
- Dallas Alinder - 4th Commuter
- Jacques Aubuchon - Dr. Simon
- Terri Berland - 2nd Stewardess
- Martha Byrne - Elizabeth McCall
- Philip Coccioletti - Handsome Man
- Michael Cummings - Bud McCall
- Peter Forster - Satisfied Customer
- Mariette Hartley - Katherine McCall
- Marianne McAndrew - Diane
- Ben Powers - Ben Brown
- Arthur Rosenberg - Marty Zimmerman
- Shannon Tweed - Beautiful Woman
- Terry Wills - 1st Commuter
- George Wyner - Dr. Irving Lefkowitz
- Monte Markham - Tony Malgrado
- Toni Sawyer - Satisfied Customer
- Gene Lindsey - Omni Announcer
- Stan Wojno - 1st Announcer
- Terry Hard - Muhatma
- Jose Aleman - Mean Kid
- Bobby Duncan - Willie
- Richard Penn - 3rd Commuter
- Lynn Longos - 1st Stewardess
- Director(s):
- Don Taylor
- Writer(s):
- Bob Shanks
- Producer(s):
- Andrew Gottlieb, Bob Shanks, Alan Shanks
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