Storyline

12-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr. Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child-welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.—Warlen Bassham

Plot Keywords

new york city, child custody, based on play, illegitimate child, precocious child, uncle nephew relationship, kite, name change, phone booth, pier, playground, restaurant, rooftop, junkyard, job interview, title spoken by character, eccentric, absent mother, brother brother relationship, comedian

Short Review

Terrif dialog to match Robards' scenery-chewing create a sock impact.

Trailer

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