Kansas

Jul 27, 1995

1h 33m

★ 5.0

You can't know yourself until you know your own family.

Overview

When a single mother and high-powered Chicago ad executive returns to her home town in Kansas to care for her ailing father, she rediscovers the joys and hardships of farm life.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Hearst Entertainment Productions

ABC Productions

Empty Chair Productions Inc.

ABC

Kansas Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Virginia 'Giny' Mae Farley

Patricia Wettig

Matt

Matt Craven

Mabel 'Nana' Farley

Bethel Leslie

Holly

Deirdre O'Connell

Tom

Scott Paulin

Elizabeth 'Betsy' Farley

Jenny Robertson

Megan Farley

Lyndsay Riddell

Joey Farley

Luke Rossi

Joseph 'Joe' Farley

Josef Sommer

J.D.

Geoffrey Lewis

Harvey Purvis

John M. Jackson

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