Watch The Good Father (1985) Free Online

Release Date: 1985

Cast: Stephen Fry, Joanne Whalley, Frances Viner, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Byrne, Johanna Kirby, Miriam Margolyes, Simon Callow, Harriet Walter, Jennie Stoller, Jim Broadbent

Categories: Movies, Courtroom Drama, Family Drama, Indie, Film adaptation

The Good Father is a 1985 British film directed by Mike Newell and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Fanny Viner, Simon Callow, Joanne Whalley, and Michael Byrne. Anthony Hopkins is a father who loses custody of his child and takes out his anger by befriending Jim Broadbent's character and funding the latter's court case to regain his child's custody. Simon Callow is the unscrupulous solicitor. It also included Stephen Fry's first film role. The movie was made for British TV and received a theatrical release in the US. The script was based on Peter Prince's novel of... MORE

The Good Father is a 1985 British film directed by Mike Newell and starring Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Fanny Viner, Simon Callow, Joanne Whalley, and Michael Byrne. Anthony Hopkins is a father who loses custody of his child and takes out his anger by befriending Jim Broadbent's character and funding the latter's court case to regain his child's custody. Simon Callow is the unscrupulous solicitor. It also included Stephen Fry's first film role. The movie was made for British TV and received a theatrical release in the US. The script was based on Peter Prince's novel of the same title. LESS