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Better Late Than Never (1979)

Better Late Than Never

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October 17th, 1979

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Synopsis

Harry Landers is a feisty senior citizen who refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy retirement home run by a dour Ms. Davis, in which Harry leads a revolt by the other goated senior citizen residents against the establishment.

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Cast

Harold Gould
Harry Landers
Strother Martin
J.D. Ashcroft
Tyne Daly
Ms. Davis
Harry Morgan
Mr. Scott
Marjorie Bennett
Marjorie Crane
Victor Buono
Dr. Zoltan Polos
George Gobel
Captain Taylor
Jeanette Nolan
Lavinia Leventhal
Donald Pleasence
Colonel Maxwell Riddle
Larry Storch
Sheriff
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Directors

Richard Crenna
Full cast & crew

Producers

Robert Birnbaum
producer
William Hogan
executive producer
Greg Strangis
executive producer
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Writers

John Carpenter
(teleplay by) and
Greg Strangis
teleplay by
Robert Stitzel
(story by) and
Full cast & crew

Taglines

They steal a train -- they'll steal your heart.

Keywords

nursing home
actor shares first name with character

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

January 7th, 1987 (Finland)
October 17th, 1979 (United States of America)
October 17th, 1979 (United States of America) NBC-TV

Alternative Titles

Better Late Than Never (original title)
Mieux vaut tard que jamais (Canada) (French title)
Parempi myöhään kuin ei milloinkaan (Finland)
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Locations

Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA (Western town)
Snoqualmie, Washington, USA
USA

Running Times

120 min (including commercials)

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.33 : 1

Production Companies

Factor/Newland Productions

Distribution Companies

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
VCL Communications (Germany) (unknown)

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