Henry Fonda stars as Col. J. C. Kincaid, crusty patriarch of a Texas family. Kincaid's weak-willed son Floyd (George Grizzard) wants to get into the old man's good graces so that he can develop the Colonel's vast land ownings. Floyd arranges a city-wide celebration lauding Kincaid as the oldest living graduate of a nearby military academy. The festivities serve only to make the already sour Kincaid even more truculent and miserable. Adapted from Preston Jones' 1974 play and originally telecast live from Dallas' Southern Methodist University on April 7, 1980.
Henry Fonda
as Col. J.C. Kincaid
George Grizzard
as Floyd Kincaid
Cloris Leachman
as Maureen
Harry Dean Stanton
as Mike
Penelope Milford
as Martha Ann
John Lithgow
as Clarence
David Ogden Stiers
as Major
Allyn Ann McLerie
as Mrs. Hampton
Timothy Hutton
as Cadet
