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6.9/10   794 votes
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Writer:
Francis Ford Coppola (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
27 August 1969 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Having discovered that she is pregnant, Natalie Ravenna (Shirley Knight), a Long Island housewife panics... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
HuffPost Review: Coppola's Tetro
 (From Huffington Post. 10 June 2009, 1:09 PM, PDT)

SFIFF52 Day 9: Francis Ford Coppola
 (From JustPressPlay. 3 May 2009, 6:44 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Rain-washed Heartbreaker! more

Cast

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James Caan ... Jimmy Kilgannon (Killer)
Shirley Knight ... Natalie Ravenna

Robert Duvall ... Gordon
Marya Zimmet ... Rosalie

Tom Aldredge ... Mr. Alfred
Laura Crews ... Ellen (as Laurie Crews)
Andrew Duncan ... Artie
Margaret Fairchild ... Marion
Sally Gracie ... Beth
Alan Manson ... Lou
Robert Modica ... Vinny Ravenna
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Additional Details

Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) | UK:AA (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Australia:M

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Shirley Knight, who plays a pregnant woman in the film, was actually pregnant during the making of this movie. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004) (V) more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Rain-washed Heartbreaker!, 10 July 2004
8/10
Author: shepardjessica from sparks, nevada

Early Coppola with sublime cast that most folks never got to see (a pity). There's some wonderful things going on in this one - Shirley Knight's best performance (an underrated actress), a road trip in the late 1960's, James Caan very restrained and moving, Robert Duvall in a part he was born to play (edgy, lonely, motorcycle cop), and a touching script with F. Coppola behind the wheel.

If this had been made five years LATER by some nobody, it would have been a smash (so much for timing). Anyway, I recommend this to all people who don't need outer-space explosions and bad mother-in-law jokes or a billion dollar budget to sit for a few hours and watch a story unfold. Give this one a chance if you can find it!

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