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On the Nickel (1979)

Director: Ralph Waite

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From Time Out Film Guide

Waite, himself openly a former alcoholic, took time off from playing Dad in TV's The Waltons to make and star in this hopelessly sentimentalised picture of life on Los Angeles' Skid Row. Most of the cast came from Waite's own Los Angeles Actors' Theatre company.

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Cast & crew

Director: Ralph Waite

Producer: Ralph Waite

Cast: Ralph Waite, Donald Moffat, Penelope Allen, Hal Williams, Jack Kehoe, Daniel Ades, Paul Weaver, Arthur Space, Tom Mahoney, Lane Smith, Ellen Geer full cast

Duration: 96 mins


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