Like Father, Like Son
The story of a small-town football star, Chris Wotan, who defies society, morals and his God and gets into so much trouble that he is expelled from school. Told in flashbacks, usually in confession to the priest, Chris sets the tone early in the opening scene where he screams oaths before the altar and smashes a religious statue in a blind rage. Whether this is before or after a 14-year-old sexpot, Joan Meyers, corners him in the church choir-loft or when the parents of a pleasure-seeking rich girl, Tury by name, catch him in bed with Tury. And his father is the town sot and has to be bailed out of jail about once a week.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Released
- 1961
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1961
Storyline
The story of a small-town football star, Chris Wotan, who defies society, morals and his God and gets into so much trouble that he is expelled from school. Told in flashbacks, usually in confession to the priest, Chris sets the tone early in the opening scene where he screams oaths before the altar and smashes a religious statue in a blind rage. Whether this is before or after a 14-year-old sexpot, Joan Meyers, corners him in the church choir-loft or when the parents of a pleasure-seeking rich girl, Tury by name, catch him in bed with Tury. And his father is the town sot and has to be bailed out of jail about once a week.
Top credits
Tom Laughlin — Chris Wotan
Stefanie Powers — Ginny Miller
William Wellman Jr. — John- Robert Fuca — Priest
Did you know
• Intended as part of an aborted trilogy, "We Are All Christ".
• Originally shot in 1960
• In 1969, Stefanie Powers and James Stacy would reunite in the TV series Lancer (1968) for two episodes: Zee (1969) and The Black McGloins (1969).
User reviews
Like Son, Like Father
Insufferably dull...and amateurish.
High school? Really?
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
