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Status
Released
Release
1981
Runtime
1h 40m
Bill, an intellectually disabled man, ventures out into the world for the first time, having spent most of his life in a dreary inner city institution. He is taken in by a kind family and learns what it means to love and be loved for the first time in his life.
29 Cast Members
Mickey Rooney
Bill Sackter
Dennis Quaid
Barry Morrow
Largo Woodruff
Beverly Morrow
Anna Maria Horsford
Marge Keating
Harry Goz
Dr. Tom Walz
Kathleen Maguire
Florence Archer
William J. Daprato
Ray
Raymond Serra
Harry
Jenny Rebecca Dweir
Amy Hill
Breon Gorman
Children's Teacher
George Hamlin
Robert Morrow
Katherine Balfour
Mrs. Morrow
Cordis Heard
Arlene
Harriet Rogers
Mae
Lotte Palfi Andor
Ida Miller
Phil Oxnam
Dr. Riis
William G. Schilling
Prof. Rush
John Ridge
Santa Claus
Philip Levy
Mugger
John Eric Bentley
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