Drop-Out Father

Drop-Out Father

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 26, 1982

Successful advertising executive decides to get out of the rat race but the family rebels at the new lifestyle he outlines. He and his youngest daughter leave the suburbs for a Manhattan loft apartment while the rest of the brood -- wife and three kids -- re-evaluate the situation. For his engaging score, Peter Matz won an Emmy Award nomination.

Drop-Out Father

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 26, 1982

Drop-Out Father
Successful advertising executive decides to get out of the rat race but the family rebels at the new lifestyle he outlines. He and his youngest daughter leave the suburbs for a Manhattan loft apartment while the rest of the brood -- wife and three kids -- re-evaluate the situation. For his engaging score, Peter Matz won an Emmy Award nomination.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers CBS Films
Original title Drop-Out Father
Directors Don Taylor
Writers Bob Shanks

Cast

Dick Van Dyke

as Ed McCall

Mariette Hartley

as Katherine McCall

George Coe

as Kannon Rush

William Daniels

as Draper Wright

Monte Markham

as Tony Malgrado

Arthur Rosenberg

as Marty Zimmerman

George Wyner

as Dr. Irving Lefkowitz

Claudia Lonow

as Peggy McCall

Rhea Perlman

as Tawney Shapiro

Jeff Altman

as Harry

Bill Erwin

as Grandpa

Terri Berland

as Stewardess

Ernie Lively

as Conductor (as Ernie Brown)

Susan Ruttan

as Woman Prude

Shannon Tweed

as Beautiful Woman