Jay Follet is suffering a mid-life crisis while his wife, Mary, is expecting their second child. When Jay takes his family to visit his 103-year-old grandmother, he begins to realize that life is passing by too quickly. He turns more and more toward alcohol to escape from reality. When Jay doesn't come home one night, Mary learns that he was in an accident and waits anxiously for his return. Screen adaptation of Tad Mosel's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning play based on James Agee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel A Death in the Family.
Joanne Woodward
as Mary Follet
Richard Kiley
as Jay Follet
Pat Hingle
as Ralph Follet
Eileen Heckart
as Aunt Hannah Lynch
Barnard Hughes
as Joel Lynch
Jane Mallett
as Catherine Lynch
James Woods
as Andrew Lynch
James O'Neill
as John Henry Follet
Nan Stewart
as Jessie Follet
Betty Garde
as Aunt Sadie Follet
Kay Hawtrey
as Sally Follet
Jenny Laidle
as Great-Great Grandma Follet
