The Homecoming
1973, PG, 111 min.
Directed by Peter Hall, Starring Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston, Vivien Merchant.
This famous film series was sold by subscription in the Seventies and was dedicated to films made from great American plays and also starred some of the greatest stage actors of the day. The Homecoming is based on Harold Pinter’s play about the return to the family fold of a prodigal son.
This article appears in April 18 • 2003.
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