Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

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Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

1986

1h 36m

1.0(1 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

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 Companies

Columbia Pictures Television

Cast & Crew

33 members

Acting

Art Carney

Father Michael T. O'Halloran

Art Carney

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Jack Bannon

Father Lester

Jack Bannon

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Anne Pitoniak

Maggie Scott

Anne Pitoniak

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Darrell Larson

Hank Grogan

Darrell Larson

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Reginald T. Dorsey

Winslow Denton

Reginald T. Dorsey

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Shashawnee Hall

Randall

Shashawnee Hall

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Lisa Sloan

Nancy Grogan

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Casey Siemaszko

Andy Grainger

Casey Siemaszko

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Barbra Rae

Leona Grainger

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Bill Dunbar

John

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Jacob Vargas

Enrique Mendoza

Jacob Vargas

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Kristy Swanson

Stephanie Gamble

Kristy Swanson

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Brian Andrews

Toby Mason

Brian Andrews

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Lillian Lehman

Anne Compton

Lillian Lehman

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Donald Nelson

Tex

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Amy Sgro

Melissa Grogan

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Jose Evans

Thad Baxton

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John Dorrance

Glenn

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Leta Powell Drake

Nurse Elvira Henderson

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Vikram Jaswal

Will

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Stan Durey

Doctor

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Jerry Longe

Officer Rhodes

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Rod McCullough

John Gamble

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Frank Mitchell

Officer Stewart

Frank Mitchell

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Michael Moten

Coach

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Soraya Cardenas

Violet

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Alicia Santos Luebbe

Carolyn

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Acting

Robert Baker

Turner

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Acting

Earl E. Bates III

Patrolman

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Louise Filbert

Nurse

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Paul Schwalenberg

Brian

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Rad Daly

Billy

Rad Daly

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Robert D. Mindlin Jr.

Teddy

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