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The Electric Grandmother

The Electric Grandmother

They wanted a grandmother, so they built one!

1982•1h 0m•6.8/10
TV MovieScience FictionFamily

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6.8/10(9)

To a family whose children are traumatized by the death of their mother, help comes in a most bizarre way. They receive three pieces, that when joined together, give a recording for an offer for an electric grandmother. They go to a bizarre factory, where they customize their new grandmother, and within a short time, she arrives. The android is equipped with everything needed as a parent and the boys are charmed. The daughter, however, still misses her mother and she bears no welcome for this interloper.

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Production

Highgate Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Maureen Stapleton

Maureen Stapleton

Grandmother

Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann

Father

Paul Benedict

Paul Benedict

Guido Fantoccini

Robert MacNaughton

Robert MacNaughton

Tom

Tara Kennedy

Agatha

Charles Fields

Timothy

Madeleine Sherwood

Madeleine Sherwood

Aunt Clara

Truman Gaige

Old Tom / Narrator

Richard Whiting

Old Timothy

Dortha Duckworth

Dortha Duckworth

Grandma Neighbor

Paula Trueman

Paula Trueman

Old Agatha

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