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Punch and Jody
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Punch and Jody

1974-11-26 · 78 min · ★ 9.0

Drama · TV Movie

When a woman dies in a car accident, her former husband (a traveling circus worker) learns that his wife was pregnant when she divorced him many years earlier. The now teen-aged daughter enters his life. Can they form a relationship?

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Directors
Barry Shear
Production companies
Metromedia Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Glenn FordGlenn FordPeter 'Punch' Travers
Pam GriffinJody Travers
Ruth RomanRuth RomanLil Charny
Billy BartyBilly BartyStilts
Pat MoritaPat MoritaTakahasi
Kathleen WiddoesKathleen WiddoesMargaret Howell Grant
Parley BaerParley BaerDan Baxter
Susan BrownSusan BrownJen Kingsley
Don 'Red' BarryDon 'Red' BarryFranz Butz / Delbert Clyde Butz

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