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"Meet the Worlds Richest Orphan!"
Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for picking the winning horses' names out of the paper while shining shoes. When word gets around, though, everyone wants a piece of the action.
47 Cast Members
Gary Coleman
Lester
Maureen Stapleton
Mary the Bag Lady
Norman Fell
The Mayor
Michael Lembeck
Frank Biscardi
Lisa Eilbacher
Jill Klein
Bill Russell
Robert
Herb Edelman
Sam
C. Thomas Cunliffe
Shoe Shine Concessioner
Belinda Bremner
Lady with Suitcase
Nathan Davis
Mario
Mike Bacarella
Sean
Jack Wasserman
Vito
Fern Persons
Flower Lady
Mike Genovese
Louis
Harry Gorsuch
Harry
Arthur Smith
Gerald
George Brengel
Bookstore Man
Corin Rogers
Mark
Page Hannah
Sally
I.W. Klein
I.R.S. Man
