When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
| When Every Day Was the Fourth of July | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by |
Dan Curtis Lee Hutson |
| Directed by | Dan Curtis |
| Starring |
Dean Jones Louise Sorel Chris Petersen Katy Kurtzman Geoffrey Lewis |
| Narrated by | Charles Aidman |
| Music by | Walter Scharf |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) |
Dan Curtis Steven P. Reicher |
| Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
| Editor(s) | Dennis Virkler |
| Running time | 104 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Dan Curtis Productions |
| Distributor | NBC |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | March 12, 1978 |
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film about a Jewish-American family in 1937 Bridgeport, Connecticut. Narrated in first person flashback, the story follows a 12-year-old boy and his family who find themselves defending the town "misfit" after he's accused of murder. The film was written, produced and directed by Dan Curtis, and stars Dean Jones, Geoffrey Lewis, Chris Petersen, and Katy Kurtzman. It was followed by the 1980 ABC television movie sequel The Long Days of Summer.
It's the summer of 1937 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and 12-year-old Daniel Cooper (Chris Petersen) along with his 10-year-old sister Sarah (Katy Kurtzman) are looking forward to summer vacation, most particularly, the annual 4th of July festivities. Sarah soon befriends the town's gentle misfit, Albert Cavanaugh, known by the town's children as "Snowman" (Geoffrey Lewis), a highly decorated and now brain-damaged World War I veteran, after she defends him from the town's resident bully, "Red" Doyle (Eric Shea). When Snowman finds himself accused of a terrible murder, Sarah, believing him to be innocent, convinces her successful attorney father, Ed Cooper (Dean Jones) to defend him. Amid courtroom allegations of communism and insinuations of a potentially inappropriate relationship with Sarah, Ed Cooper and the town's children must try to prove Snowman's innocence, before he can be sentenced to jail for the murder.
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