Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s living in the Upper West Side of New York City where his late wife and he raised his children--where he's lived all his life. When the building he lives in is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States, visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.
Art Carney
as Harry Coombes
Ellen Burstyn
as Shirley Mallard
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Jessie Stone
Larry Hagman
as Eddie Coombes
Chief Dan George
as Sam Two Feathers
René Enríquez
as Grocery Clerk
Herbert Berghof
as Jacob Rivetowski
Michael McCleery
as Mugger
Avon Long
as Leroy
Rashel Novikoff
as Mrs. Rothman
Philip Bruns
as Burt Coombes
Cliff DeYoung
as Burt Coombes Jr.