Watch Harry and Tonto (1974) Free Online

Release Date: 1974

Cast: Herbert Berghof, Arthur Hunnicutt, René Enríquez, Phil Bruns, Tonto (cat}, Cliff DeYoung, Ellen Burstyn, Dan George, Josh Mostel, Avon Long, Michael McCleery, Barbara Rhoades ...MORE

Cast: Herbert Berghof, Arthur Hunnicutt, René Enríquez, Phil Bruns, Tonto (cat}, Cliff DeYoung, Ellen Burstyn, Dan George, Josh Mostel, Avon Long, Michael McCleery, Barbara Rhoades, Art Carney, Melanie Mayron, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Rashel Novikoff, Larry Hagman ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Americana, New Hollywood, Comedy-Drama, Road Movie, Drama Film, Comedy

Harry and Tonto is a 1974 road movie written by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld and directed by Mazursky, starring Art Carney. Harry Coombes (Art Carney) is an elderly widower who is forced from his Upper West Side apartment in New York City when his building is condemned. He initially stays with his son's family in the suburbs, but eventually chooses to travel cross country with his pet cat "Tonto" in tow. During his episodic journey, he befriends a Bible-quoting hitchhiker (Michael Butler), travels with underage runaway Ginger (Melanie Mayron), visits his daughter (Ellen Burstyn) in... MORE

Harry and Tonto is a 1974 road movie written by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld and directed by Mazursky, starring Art Carney. Harry Coombes (Art Carney) is an elderly widower who is forced from his Upper West Side apartment in New York City when his building is condemned. He initially stays with his son's family in the suburbs, but eventually chooses to travel cross country with his pet cat "Tonto" in tow. During his episodic journey, he befriends a Bible-quoting hitchhiker (Michael Butler), travels with underage runaway Ginger (Melanie Mayron), visits his daughter (Ellen Burstyn) in Chicago and finally meets his youngest son (Larry Hagman) in Los Angeles. Also appearing toward the end of the film is Sally K. Marr, mother of Lenny Bruce. Carney beat Dustin Hoffman, Albert Finney, Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino, for their performances in Lenny, Murder on the Orient Express, Chinatown and The Godfather Part II, for the 1974 Academy Award for Best Actor, while the film was nominated for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. Before that, Carney also won the Golden Globe for Best Actor Musical/Comedy, while Greenfeld and Mazursky were nominated for Best Picture Musical/Comedy. The LESS