MORNING AFTER, THE (TV) (1974 USA)
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Directed by Richard T. Heffron
Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Lynn Carlin, Linda Lavin
Genres: Based On Book, Drama, Marriage, Staff Picks
74 minutes | Full screen | Color | English
New transfer, July 2021! Dick Van Dyke put his image and his career on the line with this searing TV movie about a "social drinker" who becomes a full-fledged alcoholic. Van Dyke plays a loving husband and father with a solid job and an excellent reputation, who blows it all with his excessive drinking. His wife (Lynn Carlin) tries to be supportive, but even she throws in the towel as Van Dyke's illness worsens. The film refuses to cop out with a happy ending, leaving Van Dyke as low as he can get short of sleeping in the gutter. Morning After was something of a public "A.A." testimonial for Dick Van Dyke, who had recently come to grips with his own real-life alcoholism.
