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Kansas(1995)
Status: Released
Date: 1995-07-27
55%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 33m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Hearst Entertainment Productions
ABC Productions
Empty Chair Productions Inc.
Movie: Kansas
Top 10 Billed Cast
Patricia Wettig
Virginia 'Giny' Mae Farley
Matt Craven
Matt
Bethel Leslie
Mabel 'Nana' Farley
Deirdre O'Connell
Holly
Scott Paulin
Tom
Jenny Robertson
Elizabeth 'Betsy' Farley
Josef Sommer
Joseph 'Joe' Farley
Geoffrey Lewis
J.D.
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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.
Release Date
1995-07-27
Average
5.5
Rating:
2.8 startsTagline
You can't know yourself until you know your own family.
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