Drop-Out Father

September. 26,1982      
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Successful advertising executive decides to get out of the rat race but the family rebels at the new lifestyle he outlines. He and his youngest daughter leave the suburbs for a Manhattan loft apartment while the rest of the brood -- wife and three kids -- re-evaluate the situation. For his engaging score, Peter Matz won an Emmy Award nomination.

Dick Van Dyke as  Ed McCall
Mariette Hartley as  Katherine McCall
George Coe as  Kannon Rush
William Daniels as  Draper Wright
Monte Markham as  Tony Malgrado
Arthur Rosenberg as  Marty Zimmerman
George Wyner as  Dr. Irving Lefkowitz
Claudia Lonow as  Peggy McCall
Michael Cummings as  Bud McCall
Rhea Perlman as  Tawney Shapiro

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