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 kid's custody. Simon Callow is the unscrupulous lawyer. It also included Stephen Fry's fir...
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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 kid's custody. Simon Callow is the unscrupulous lawyer. 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.
The Good Father at the Internet Movie Database
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