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Drop-Out Father is a film of genre Drama directed by Don Taylor released in USA on 26 september 1982 with Dick Van Dyke
Drop-Out Father (1982)
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Add to a movie listDrop-Out Father est un téléfilm américain réalisé par Don Taylor, écrit par Bob Shanks et diffusé en 1982.
Actors
Dick Van Dyke
(Ed McCall)
Mariette Hartley
(Katherine McCall)
George Coe
(Kannon Rush)
William Daniels
(Draper Wright)
Monte Markham
(Tony Malgrado)
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