Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story

• Director: Georg Stanford Brown
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• Genre: Drama
• Release Year: 1986
• Country: US
• Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

This made-for-TV movie was not, as has sometimes been reported, a remake of the 1938 Spencer Tracy film Boys Town. It was filmed on location at Father Flannagan's Nebraska-based home for troublesome and troubled youths, but the story is strictly contemporary. Art Carney stars as a crusty, outspoken priest on the verge of being forcibly retired. But before he is put out to pasture, Carney vows to provide comfort and guidance to a hostile new arrival at Boy's Town (Casey Siemaszko), who has been abandoned by his abusive, alcoholic mother. Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story was syndicated to local TV stations beginning on March 31, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jack Bannon; Art Carney; Reginald T. Dorsey - Winslow; Darrell Larson - Hank Grogan; Anne Pitoniak; Casey Siemaszko; Lisa Sloan; Kristy Swanson

Credit

John Beckman - Art Director, Georg Stanford Brown - Director, Bud Friedgen - Editor, Larry White - Executive Producer, Lee Holdridge - Composer (Music Score), James Pergola - Cinematographer, Hugh Benson - Producer, William Putnam - Screen Story, B.W. Sandefur - Screenwriter