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''A Great American Tragedy'' is a 1972 American TV movie directed by J. Lee Thompson.


Plot

A middle-aged aerospace engineer is fired. He is unable to find a new job, his wife forced to go back to work and his marriage starts to break up.


Cast

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George Kennedy George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" opposite Paul Newman in ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), winning the Academ ...
as Brad Wilkes * Vera Miles as Gloria Wilkes * William Windom as Rob Stewart *Sallie Shockley as Carol * Hilarie Thompson as Julie WIlkes * James Woods as Rick *
Natalie Trundy Natalie Trundy (born Natalie Trundy Campagna, August 5, 1940 – December 5, 2019) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Early years Trundy (pronounced "Troon-dee") was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of an Italian fa ...
as Paula Braun * Kevin McCarthy as Mark Reynolds * Norman Burton *Stephen Coit * Regis Cordic *Peter Dane *
Jo de Winter Jo, jo, JO, or J.O. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Jo'' (film), a 1972 French comedy * ''Jo'' (TV series), a French TV series *"Jo", a song by Goldfrapp from ''Tales of Us'' *"Jo", a song by Mr. Oizo from ''Lambs Anger'' * Jo a fictio ...
* Tony Dow as Johnny *Nancy Hadley as Trudy Stewart * Emmaline Henry * Marcia Mae Jones as Claire *
John Lasell John Whitin Lasell Jr. (born November 6, 1928) is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing Dr. Peter Guthrie in the American soap opera television series ''Dark Shadows''. Lasell was born in Williamstown, Vermont. He began ...
* Robert Mandan as Leslie Baker *William Sargent *Bob Harks as Hotel Guest


Reception

The ''New York Times'' said "thought and care have gone into" the film but felt "home-set viewers who have felt the budget pinch aren't likely to bleed for this case of unemployment... Both J. Lee Thompson's direction and Caryl Ledner's writing are best in the rather coolly dispassionate vignettes peeling down the prideful hero, as in one scene at an unemployment office. But Kennedy's moment of truth, a simple decision to buckle down and roll up his sleeves, take a long, exasperating wait that provokes curiosity, hardly sympathy." The ''Los Angeles Times'' said it "ranked among the best work that director J. Lee Thompson, in his TV movie debut, has ever done."TV MOVIE REVIEW: A Tragedy to Identify With Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 18 Oct 1972: e22.


References


External links


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