Home to Stay

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Home to Stay
Home to Stay.jpg
GenreDrama
Based onGrandpa and Frank
by Janet Majerus
Written bySuzanne Clauser
Directed by Delbert Mann
Starring Henry Fonda
Michael McGuire
Frances Hyland
Doris Petrie
Music by Micky Erbe
Hagood Hardy
Country of originCanada
United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersFrederick H. Brogger
David Susskind
ProducerDonald W. Reid
Production locations Stouffville, Ontario
Toronto
CinematographyReginald H. Morris
EditorsKent Anthony
Gene Milford
Running time77 minutes
Production companiesD.W. Reid Film Corporation
Time-Life Films
BudgetCAD1,200,000 (estimated)
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseMay 1, 1978 (1978-05-01)

Home to Stay is a 1978 Canadian-American made-for-television drama film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Henry Fonda, Michael McGuire and Frances Hyland. It was originally broadcast on CBS on May 1, 1978.

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Plot

Fonda portrays an old man who runs away from home with his young granddaughter rather than be placed in an old folks home. [1]

Cast

Filming Locations

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References

  1. Sweeney, Kevin (1992). Henry Fonda: A Bio-Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 34. ISBN   978-0-313-26571-6 . Retrieved 22 August 2012.