The Oldest Living Graduate (1980)

Henry Fonda stars as Col J C Kincaid crusty patriarch of a Texas family Kincaids weakwilled son Floyd George Grizzard wants to get into the old mans good graces so that he can develop the Colonels vast land ownings Floyd arranges a citywide celebration lauding Kincaid as the oldest living graduate of a nearby military academy The festivities serve only to make the already sour Kincaid even more truculent and miserable Adapted from Preston Jones 1974 play and originally telecast live from Dallas Southern Methodist University on April 7 1980