Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

Mar 31, 1986

1h 36m

★ 1.0

Overview

A kindly but firm priest mentors a troubled young boy at the famous Boys Town, a residential care community for troubled youth.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Larry White Productions

Columbia Pictures Television

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Cast

Father Michael T. O'Halloran

Art Carney

Father Lester

Jack Bannon

Maggie Scott

Anne Pitoniak

Hank Grogan

Darrell Larson

Winslow Denton

Reginald T. Dorsey

Randall

Shashawnee Hall

Nancy Grogan

Lisa Sloan

Andy Grainger

Casey Siemaszko

Leona Grainger

Barbra Rae

John

Bill Dunbar

Enrique Mendoza

Jacob Vargas

Stephanie Gamble

Kristy Swanson

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