Death Be Not Proud

• Director: Donald Wrye
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Medical Drama
• Themes: Fathers and Sons, Battling Illness, Dying Young
• Release Year: 1975
• Country: US
• Run Time: 74 minutes

Plot

A teenage boy battles courageously against brain cancer in this moving made-for-television drama that is based on John Gunther's 1949 autobiographical account of his son's terrible illness. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jane Alexander - Frances Gunther; Linden Chiles - Dr. Putnam; Ralph Clanton - Frank Boyden; Arthur Hill - John Gunther; Wendy Phillips - Mary Wilson; Robby Benson - Johnny Gunther

Credit

Robert Gundlach - Art Director, Donald Wrye - Director, Maury Winetrobe - Editor, Charles G. Mortimer, Jr. - Executive Producer, Fred Karlin - Composer (Music Score), Michael Chapman - Cinematographer, Donald Wrye - Producer, Donald Wrye - Screenwriter, John Gunther - Book Author

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