Product Details

• Actors: Henry Fonda, George Grizzard, Cloris Leachman, John Lithgow, Harry Dean Stanton
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: VCII Inc.
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MCZ2U4
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #27,746 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

"The Oldest Living Graduate" Henry Fonda's final stage role! VHS 1982...75 minutes. Originally telecast live from Dallas' Southern Methodist University on April 7, 1980, The Oldest Living Graduate was adapted from Preston Jones's 1974 play. 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, Floyd, can develop the Colonel's vast land ownings. Floyd arranges a city-wide celebration lauding Kincaid as the oldest living graduate of nearby military academy. The festivities serve only to make the already sour Kincaid even more truculent and miserable. Cloris Leachman, John Lithgow, Harry Dean Stanton, Penelope Milford, David Ogden Stiers, Timothy Hutton, and Allyn Ann MacLerie also star in The Oldest Living Graduate.  Hal Erickson

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Oldest Living Graduate, July 6, 2009

By	Robert T. Halbach (Brandon, MS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you are a Henry Fonda fan this is GREAT. One must keep in mind when this was filmed and it was a live stage production.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! What a performance! It was worth every penny., June 7, 2009

By	Brock Stevens (Coal City, WV USA) - See all my reviews

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This is one of the finest TV productions that I have seen in a long time. Henry Fonda's performance as "Colonel J. C. Kincaid" was flawless. This was a stage play, that was done for live television on April 7, 1980. The product description provided by Amazon.com is wrong, it was not done in 1982 it was 1980, and it's not a 75m. program it is a 90m. program. The cast is brilliant, Henry Fonda, Cloris Leachman, George Grizzard, and John Lithgow all deliver 5 star performances. I highly recommend this VHS, it has everything you want in a movie, laughter and tears. You'll never forget it.