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'Goodbye, Franklin High' is a 1978 American film starring Lane Caudell, Julie Adams, Darby Hinton, Ann Dusenberry, and William Windom. The film's tagline is: 'It seems like it's taken forever but at last we're on our own!'

Plot



Will Armer (Caudell) is a high-school athlete, who during his senior year, must deal with his girlfriend (Dusenberry) and parents (Adams and Windom) and make a difficult decision between the certainty of college or the possibility of a glamorous baseball career. Everyone associated with Will has a different opinion, making the final decision all the more dramatic.[https://books.google.ca/books?id=z4w-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=goodbye+franklin+high&source=bl&ots=COMnsqGj9c&sig=3A2mm8gA7Xe8BBkPtvKmkk4HM_A&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwioierH5KDNAhUJ0YMKHYqXAu4Q6AEIRzAN#v=onepage&q=goodbye%20franklin%20high&f=false Erickson, Al. 'The Baseball Filmography, 1915 through 2001, 2d ed.]

Cast



*Lane Caudell as Will Armer

*Julie Adams as Janice Armer

*William Windom as Clifford Armer

*Darby Hinton as Mark Jeffries

*Ann Dusenberry as Sharon Browne

*Ron Lombard as Gregg Lombardi

*Stu Krieger as Kurt Moriarty

*Myron Healey as Walter Craig

*Virginia Gregg as Nurse

Release



The film was released theatrically in the United States by Cal-Am Artists in April 1978.

It was lauded by film critics upon its initial release, but prints no longer appear to be generally available, either on television or on video.

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