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The Subject Was Roses

1968 · 1h 47m · Drama · United States of America · Rated G (US)

The Story of Three Strangers...A Mother...A Father...And a Son.

Timmy Cleary returns to his Bronx home at the end of World War II and is soon disillusioned to find his parents' marriage filled with discord, quarreling, and recriminations.

Directed by
Ulu Grosbard
Written by
Frank D. Gilroy
Starring
Jack Albertson, Patricia Neal, Martin Sheen, Don Saxon
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