The Gift

The Gift

Three Days of Passion and Conflict That Will Change His Life Forever

1979 · 100 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, TV Movie

A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.

Directed by Don Taylor · Written by Robert Malloy

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