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Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

1986•1h 36m•1.0/10
DramaTV Movie

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1.0/10(1)

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

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Production

Larry White Productions, Columbia Pictures Television

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Art Carney

Art Carney

Father Michael T. O'Halloran

Jack Bannon

Jack Bannon

Father Lester

Anne Pitoniak

Anne Pitoniak

Maggie Scott

Darrell Larson

Darrell Larson

Hank Grogan

Reginald T. Dorsey

Reginald T. Dorsey

Winslow Denton

Shashawnee Hall

Shashawnee Hall

Randall

Lisa Sloan

Nancy Grogan

Casey Siemaszko

Casey Siemaszko

Andy Grainger

Barbra Rae

Leona Grainger

Bill Dunbar

John

Jacob Vargas

Jacob Vargas

Enrique Mendoza

Kristy Swanson

Kristy Swanson

Stephanie Gamble

Brian Andrews

Brian Andrews

Toby Mason

Lillian Lehman

Anne Compton

Donald Nelson

Tex

Amy Sgro

Melissa Grogan

Jose Evans

Thad Baxton

John Dorrance

Glenn

Leta Powell Drake

Nurse Elvira Henderson

Vikram Jaswal

Will

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