A Long Way Home (1981)
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.
- Date of release
- 1981-12-06
- TMDB
- 7.7 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama
- Director
- Robert Markowitz
Casting
- Timothy Hutton — Donald Branch Booth
- Brenda Vaccaro — Lillian Jacobs
- Rosanna Arquette — Rose Cavanaugh
- Paul Regina — David Branch Czaky
- George Dzundza — Floyd Booth
- John Lehne — Riggins
- Bonnie Bartlett — JoAnn Booth
- Wil Wheaton — Donald Branch, age 8
- Seven McDonald — Andy Booth
- Floyd Levine — Judge Sosna
- Brenda Elder — Gloria
- Brendan Burns — Driver
Interesting facts
A Long Way Home is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film directed by Robert Markowitz, written by Dennis Nemec, and starring Timothy Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro, and Rosanna Arquette. The film was nominated for two awards at the 40th Golden Globe Awards in 1982.
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