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A Long Way Home(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-12-06
75%
11 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Overview:
A married teenager sets out to find his long-lost brother and sister years after all three had been placed with different families following their abandonment by their migrant worker parents. Luckily, he finds a compassionate social worker who, at first reluctantly, decides to help him cut through the bureaucratic red tape.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Alan Landsburg Productions
Movie: A Long Way Home
Top 10 Billed Cast
Timothy Hutton
Donald Branch Booth
Brenda Vaccaro
Lillian Jacobs
Rosanna Arquette
Rose Cavanaugh
Paul Regina
David Branch Czaky
George Dzundza
Floyd Booth
Bonnie Bartlett
JoAnn Booth
Wil Wheaton
Donald Branch, age 8
Floyd Levine
Judge Sosna
Video Trailer A Long Way Home
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ABC Monday Night promo April 1984 - Trailer
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