Five Days from Home

Five Days from Home (1978)

A gentle man. A desperate man.

A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son.

Date of release
1978-07-30
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Director
George Peppard

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New Mexico

Five Days from Home is a 1978 American drama film directed, produced and starring George Peppard, with Sherry Boucher, Savannah Smith, Neville Brand, Victor Campos, and Robert Donner.

Production

In November 1977 Peppard announced he wanted to direct and star in The Long Escape. "Directing is something I've wanted to do a long time," he said.

Peppard later said he decided to direct because "I couldn't hire anyone else as cheaply" and says the experience "somehow cleared my head of all the negative feelings I had towards acting."

Peppard made the film with much of his own money. He later stated that it cost $1 million to produce. "I'm quite proud of it," he said in 1979. "I sold many assets to help make it but I don't mind. It was the best time of my life. Maybe it would have been a better film with a better script - I don't know - but I just didn't have any money to spare." He later said he disliked acting and directing at the same time.

Peppard said he wrote most of the script but did not take credit. "That would be too much of an ego trip."

His then wife Sherry Boucher played a small role and Boucher's sister Savannah was cast as Peppard's love interest.

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