Going Home *** (1971, Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro, Jan-Michael Vincent) – Classic Movie Review 12,298

Going Home (1971, Jan-Michael Vincent).

Going Home (1971): Harry Graham (Robert Mitchum) is going home after 13 years in prison. His son (Jan-Michael Vincent) still wants to see him hang.

Producer/ director Herbert B Leonard’s 1971 drama film Going Home stars Robert Mitchum, Brenda Vaccaro and Jan-Michael Vincent.

Lawrence B Marcus’s screenplay offers a promising idea that doesn’t quite take hold: Mitchum as Harry Graham, a father jailed for killing his wife (Sally Kirkland), comes home after 13 years to re-establish his relationship with son Jimmy (Vincent), who at the age of six witnessed the murder. Vaccaro has the only other sizeable role as Mitchum’s new gal, Jenny Benson.

Going Home is low on entertainment, maybe, but the vibrant acting and crackling script repay careful attention. Mitchum, especially, is excellent, but Vincent is good too, and he was nominated for a Golden Globe award as best supporting actor.

Going Home (1971) 27 x 40 Movie Poster.

Also in the cast are Jason Bernard as Jimmy aged six, Sally Kirkland as Ann, Josh Mostel as Mr Bonelli, George Mathews as Mr Malloy, Mary Louise Wilson as Mrs Green, Joseph Attles as Bible Man, Lou Gilbert, David Wilson, Glenn Walken, Clay Watkins, Bruce Kornbluth, Tom Spratley, and Barbara Brownell.

It runs 97 minutes.

It is made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

It was released on 1 December 1971.

Jan-Michael Vincent also starred with Robert Mitchum in the 1983 TV mini-series The Winds of War, which earned him his second and last Golden Globe nomination: this time for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.

Jan-Michael Vincent (July 15, 1944 – February 10, 2019) is best known as helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke in the TV series Airwolf (1984–1987) and as Matt Johnson in the 1978 surfer film Big Wednesday, as well as for Tribes (1970), The Mechanic (1972), The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973), Buster and Billie (1974), White Line Fever (1975), Baby Blue Marine (1976), Vigilante Force (1976), and Damnation Alley (1977).

The troubled star battled alcoholism and intravenous drug use for much of his life. He was involved in three severe automobile collisions the 1990s.

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