Better Late Than Never
★ 9 · 1979 · 120m · Comedy · Drama · TV Movie
Harry Landers is a feisty senior citizen who refuses to abide by the rules in a stodgy retirement home run by a dour Ms. Davis, in which Harry leads a revolt by the other goated senior citizen residents against the establishment.
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