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ABC THEATRE: THE LAST TENANT (TV)
Summary
One in this series of irregularly scheduled dramas. This drama is about an independent old man and his struggle to remain independent. Widower Frank Russo, seventy-six years old, lives alone, his four children having grown up and moved away to live their own lives. In this portion, Frank's son, Joey wants to hire a housekeeper to care for his father, but Frank insists he can take care of himself.
Later, Frank suffers a stroke. His children cannot take him into their homes, but he cannot live alone anymore, either. They decide to put him into a home for the aged. Frank refuses to go. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: June 25, 1978 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:47:41
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T80:0331
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1972-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Herbert Brodkin … Executive Producer
- Robert Berger … Producer
- Thomas de Wolfe … Associate Producer
- Jud Taylor … Director
- George Rubino … Writer
- Dick Hyman … Music by
- Tony Lo Bianco … Cast, Joey
- Lee Strasberg … Cast, Frank
- Christine Lahti … Cast, Carol
- Julie Bovasso … Cast, Marie
- Danny Aiello … Cast, Carl
- Jeffrey DeMunn … Cast, Vinnie
- Anne de Slavo … Cast, Connie
- Victor Arnold … Cast, Carmine
- Joanna Merlin … Cast, Mrs. Farelli
- Ruth Jaroslow … Cast, Mrs. Korowski
- Antonia Rey … Cast, Lucy
- Evan Michael Turtz … Cast, Frankie
- Doris Belack … Cast, Housekeeper
- Anna Berger … Cast, Mrs. Munro
- Alma Cuervo … Cast, Gabe's Wife
- Frances Foster … Cast, Nurse in Home
- Dan Hedaya … Cast, Gabe
- Joyce Ellen Hill … Cast, Nurse in Hospital
- William Robertson … Cast, Edward
- Sam Schacht … Cast, Doctor
- Paula Trueman … Cast, Woman in Home