Max Dugan Returns

– An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 38 Minutes
Release Year:
1983
Max Dugan Returns (1983)

An English teacher and struggling single mother has her life disrupted when the father who abandoned her as a child comes back into her life.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Genre:
Release Date:

25 Mar 1983

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Herbert Ross

Writer:

Neil Simon

Main Actors:

Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Broderick

Plot:

Nora is a single mother who lives with her son Michael in a small house. They don't have much money but at least they have each other. Out of the blue comes Nora's father Max Dugan, who left her and her mother when Nora was nine years old. He brings a suitcase with dollar bills and showers her and Michael with gifts, trying to make up for lost time, knowing that he has a fatal heart ailment. The money comes from his shady career in Las Vegas and Nora is dating a police who is very interested in meeting him...

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

Fox

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%