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Drop-Out Father

4.219821h 40mMovieComedyDramaTV Movie

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…

DirectorDon Taylor
WriterBob Shanks
ProducersAnn Zane Shanks·Bob Shanks

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Cast · Directed by Don Taylor

DDDick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke
Ed McCall
MHMariette Hartley
Mariette Hartley
Katherine McCall
GCGeorge Coe
George Coe
Kannon Rush
WDWilliam Daniels
William Daniels
Draper Wright
MMMonte Markham
Monte Markham
Tony Malgrado
ARArthur Rosenberg
Arthur Rosenberg
Marty Zimmerman
GWGeorge Wyner
George Wyner
Dr. Irving Lefkowitz
CLClaudia Lonow
Claudia Lonow
Peggy McCall
CB
Charles Bloom
David McCall
MCMichael Cummings
Michael Cummings
Bud McCall
RPRhea Perlman
Rhea Perlman
Tawney Shapiro
JAJeff Altman
Jeff Altman
Harry

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Drop-Out Father hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 14, 1982. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.