The title may have been prophetic for this movie, which was allegedly made in 1982 but did not find a release for two years. Based on a novel more than 90 years old as well as the 1967 Italian film INCOMPRESO, the movie is set in a different place and time, but the essentials remain
similar. Ned (Gene Hackman) and Lilly (Susan Anspach) had a reasonably happy marriage until she died. She is seen only in flashbacks as the relationship between Ned and his two young sons, Andrew (Henry Thomas) and Miles (Huckleberry Fox), is examined. Ned is a former black marketeer who made
millions after the war, then he turned to legit interests and made more millions in shipping. T...
Released:
1984
Rated:
PG
Length:
91 mins