A Long Way Home
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1981-12-06
Runtime: 100 mins
Director: Robert Markowitz
Writer: Dennis Nemec
Spoken language: English
Genres: TV Movie, Drama
Original title: A Long Way Home
Production Companies: Alan Landsburg Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Timothy Hutton
Brenda Vaccaro
Rosanna Arquette
Paul Regina
George Dzundza
John Lehne
Bonnie Bartlett
Wil Wheaton
Seven McDonald
Floyd Levine
Brenda Elder
Brendan Burns
John Touchstone
Paul Haber
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