Themes: Fathers and Daughters, Crumbling Marriages
Main Cast: Donna Mills, Jack Scalia, Chris Mulkey, Jenny Lewis, J.C. Brandy
Release Year: 1991
Country: US
Run Time: 94 minutes
Plot
Based on a true story, the made-for-television movie Runaway Father is about a husband who fakes his death so he can abandon his family. After surviving 20 years of poverty, his wife discovers he is still alive, and she sues him to collect 17 years of back child support. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
Amy Moore Davis - Christine; Ned Bellamy - Guard; Jane Daly - Lorraine; Starletta DuPois - Ruth; Lisanne Falk - Marjean; Patricia Gaul; Nancy Lenehan - Blanche; Janet MacLachlan; Russ Marin; Priscilla Pointer - Mary Bennett; Michael Talbott; Chick Vennera - Frank de la Grana; John Wheeler - Judge Ciglio; Frank Novak - Sheriff Marsee; Bruce Wright - Sheriff Frazier
Credit
Wendy Kurtzman - Casting, John Nicolella - Director, Michael A. Hoey - Editor, Donna Mills - Executive Producer, Dennis Murphy - Line Producer, James Di Pasquale - Composer (Music Score), Ivo Cristante - Production Designer, Charles Rosher Jr. - Cinematographer, Dennis Murphy - Production Manager, Lee Levinson - Producer, Carroll Newman - Supervisor/Manager
