When navy man john baggs (caan) has a medical issue that makes him miss his sailing, he has to hang around town for a couple days. So he spends a couple hours with maggie, from the bar (mason). And a couple hours turns into a couple days. Baggs meets up with some old friends along the way. Maggie's kid is pllayed by kirk calloway... only did ten things, then seems to have moved on. Keep an eye out for some fun faces in smaller roles. Burt young (paulie !), bruno kirby is shore patrol. Eli wallach, dabney coleman. It's pretty good. A gritty "thinker" 1970s film, in an unspecified year. Although there is a picture of nixon on the wall. Some real ups and some real downs in this one. I guess the theme is finding your family, wherever you can. Mason was probably best known for goodbye girl. "liberty" was directed by mark rydell, who was nominated for "on golden pond". Story by darryl ponicsan, who had several novels made into film. And really was in the navy! This was nominated for three oscars... marsha mason and two for music.
Review of Cinderella Liberty
