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Handsome Harry

Country: USA, Language: English, 94 mins

  • Director: Bette Gordon
  • Writer: Nicholas T. Proferes
  • Producer: Fred Berner; Bram Bluestein

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This film has received some undue criticism...from those that know nothing. 

It is a beautifully produced, low-budget feature - with some known names and fine performances.

Those that have criticised, probably, the young and foolish, will not be able to relate to the subject. Give them time! They will...tide and time.

A life of denial, of regret - it will come to us all, whether we like it or not...c'est la vie. 

In our autumn, we reminisce as to what could have been...if only we had not...and, all that unnecessary (and necessary) heartbreak.

This film captures those regretful earlier seasons...

Autumn as never been so touching.


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The(ir) Blurb...

They call him "Handsome" Harry Sweeney. At 52, the Vietnam veteran has kept his rugged good looks. Everyone likes Harry, an electrician by trade who loves to sing but for some reason he never lets anyone get too close. He's been divorced for a long time, has a son whom he rarely sees, and, although he's engaged in a long-term flirtation with the waitress at the diner, seems destined to remain alone. One day, Harry gets a call from a former Navy buddy, Tom Kelly, whom he hasn't seen in some thirty years. On his deathbed and terrified of going to Hell, Kelly convinces Harry to seek forgiveness on his behalf from a comrade they betrayed long ago, David Kagan. At first, Harry wants nothing to do with Kelly, Kagan or the remnants of his murky past. But guilt and memories have a mysterious grasp on Harry, and he finally relents, driving down the East Coast to call on his old comrades.

Cast & Characters

Jamey Sheridan as Harry Sweeney;
Steve Buscemi as Thomas Kelley;
Mariann Mayberry as Judy Rheems;
Aidan Quinn as Prof. Porter;
John Savage as Peter Rheems;
Campbell Scott as David Kagan;
Titus Welliver as Gebhardt;
Karen Young as Muriel;
Jayne Atkinson as Kelly's Wife;
Bill Sage as Pauley;
Emily Donahoe as Kelly's Daughter;
Asher Grodman as Bobby Sweeney;
Andrew Dolan as Sam;
Rutanya Alda as Mrs. Schroeder;
Kevin Reed as Young Kagan