The Gift

A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.

Cast

Glenn Ford

as Billy Devlin

Julie Harris

as Anne Devlin

Gary Frank

as Pete Devlin

Allison Argo

as Kathleen

Maggie Cooper

as Betty

Tom Clancy

as Richie Brennan

Harry Gold

as Griffin

Kevin Bacon

as Teddy

M. Emmet Walsh

as Legion Commander

Phillip Pine

as Boop

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