''Goodbye, Franklin High'' is a 1978 American film starring Lane Caudell,

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, Darby Hinton, Ann Dusenberry, and

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. The film's

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is: ''It seems like it's taken forever – but at last we're on our own!''

Plot

Will Armer (Caudell) is a high-school athlete, who during his senior year, must deal with his girlfriend (Dusenberry) and parents (Adams and Windom) and make a difficult decision between the certainty of college or the possibility of a glamorous baseball career. Everyone associated with Will has a different opinion, making the final decision all the more dramatic.Erickson, Al. ''The Baseball Filmography, 1915 through 2001, 2d ed.
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Cast

* Lane Caudell as Will Armer *

as Janice Armer *

as Clifford Armer * Darby Hinton as Mark Jeffries * Ann Dusenberry as Sharon Browne * Ron Lombard as Gregg Lombardi * Stu Krieger as Kurt Moriarty *

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as Walter Craig *

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as Nurse

Release

The film was released theatrically in the United States by Cal-Am Artists in April 1978. It was lauded by film critics upon its initial release, but prints no longer appear to be generally available, either on television or on video.

References

External links

* * 1978 films 1978 independent films American baseball films American independent films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films English-language independent films {{1970s-US-film-stub