When life is at its finest... when love is at its fullest...
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.
$15,000,000
$119,285,432
December 4, 1981
IPC Films, ITC Entertainment
8 people
Katharine Hepburn
Ethel Thayer
Acting
Henry Fonda
Norman Thayer Jr.
Acting
Jane Fonda
Chelsea Thayer Wayne
Acting
Doug McKeon
Billy Ray
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Dabney Coleman
Bill Ray
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William Lanteau
Charlie Martin
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Christopher Rydell
Sumner Todd
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Troy Garity
Young Boy on Jetty (uncredited)
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