''The Family Man'' is a 1979 television film, directed by
Glenn Jordan
Glenn Jordan (born April 5, 1936) is a retired American television director and producer.
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Jordan directed multiple episodes of ''Family'' and helmed numerous television movies, several based on real persons as divers ...
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.
Cast
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Edward Asner as Eddie Madden
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Meredith Baxter Birney as Mercedes Cole
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Anne Jackson
Anne Jackson (September 3, 1925 – April 12, 2016); retrieved April 16, 2016Archivedfrom the original on April 16, 2016. was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was the wife of actor Eli Wallach, with whom she often co-sta ...
as Maggie Madden
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Dick Latessa
Richard Robert Latessa (September 15, 1929 – December 19, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Early life
Latessa was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1929. After serving in the Army in maybe 1952, he began performing in Clevela ...
as Fred
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Michael Kirby as Walter
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Michael Wincott as Charlie
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Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada.
He ...
as Louie
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Gordon Thomson as Dance Instructor
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Michael Ironside as Bartender
Reception
Writing in the ''
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
'', 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".
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References
External links
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1979 television films
1979 films
American television films
Films scored by Billy Goldenberg
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