Movie: Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

Top 10 Billed 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
Lisa Sloan

Nancy Grogan

Casey Siemaszko
Casey Siemaszko

Andy Grainger

Barbra Rae
Barbra Rae

Leona Grainger

Bill Dunbar
Bill Dunbar

John

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    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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    1986-03-31

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