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Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard T. Heffron released in USA on 18 september 1977 with Peter Strauss
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 september 1977
Length 1h40
Directed by Richard T. Heffron
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families
Rating77%
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy is a 1977 television movie that originally aired on ABC. Based upon the biography by Hank Searls called The Lost Prince: Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy, the film chronicles the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., the unlucky older brother of John F. Kennedy. Young Joe stars Peter Strauss in the titular role and was directed by Richard T. Heffron.
Actors
Peter Strauss
(Joseph Kennedy, Jr.)
Barbara Parkins
(Vanessa Hunt)
Stephen Elliott
(Joseph Kennedy, Sr.)
Darlene Carr
(Kathleen Kennedy)
Simon Oakland
(Delaney)
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