A Family for Joe (1990) (TV)

Director:

Jeffrey Melman

Writer:

Arnold Margolin (writer)

Release Date:

25 February 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot:

To keep from being separated, four orphans get a homeless maverick to pose as their guardian. |

Plot Keywords:

TV Series Pilot | Orphan | Character Name In Title

Cast

Robert Mitchum	...	Joe 'Grandpa' Whitaker-Bankston
Chris Furrh	...	Nick Bankston
Maia Brewton	...	Holly Bankston
Jarrad Paul	...	Chris Bankston
Jessica Player	...	Mary Bankston
Barbara Babcock	...	Miss Quinn Collins
David Nelson	...	Mr. George Merkel
Anna Mathias	...	Mrs. Annie Brewster
James Hackett	...	Mr. Pete Brewster
Janet MacLachlan	...	Judge Delaney
Robert Casper	...	Mr. Edwards, Nick's Principle
Richard X. Slattery	...	Old Officer Finney
Maggie Egan	...	Mrs. Lewis (Carrie's Mom)
John Mitchum	...	Preacher at Elder's Society
Helena Carroll	...	Mrs. Spruce, Holly's Teacher

Also Known As:

Regular Joe (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Grosso-Jacobson Productions

Trivia:

Richard X. Slattery's final role.

Movie Connections:

Followed by "A Family for Joe" (1990)

A brilliant Mitchum film w him as an adopted "Guardian" to orphaned kids.

What more can I say but that this was a brilliantly done film with Robert Mitchum who was "adopted" by some kids as their "Uncle Joe" because they were orphaned when their parents died in an accident.

You find this film with Mitchum being a "Homeless person" who lived either in cardboard boxes and or on park benches. He is "taken in" by some kids to act as their guardian so that these kids would not be moved to a childrens home.

This is one of the VERY few drama's I like as much as I do and highly recommend that it be watched. You see Robert Mitchum as you have never seen him before.