A Long Way Home

A Long Way Home

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 6, 1981

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.

A Long Way Home

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 6, 1981

A Long Way Home
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Alan Landsburg Productions
Original title A Long Way Home
Directors Robert Markowitz
Writers Dennis Nemec

Cast

Timothy Hutton

as Donald Branch Booth

Brenda Vaccaro

as Lillian Jacobs

Rosanna Arquette

as Rose Cavanaugh

Paul Regina

as David Branch Czaky

George Dzundza

as Floyd Booth

John Lehne

as Riggins

Bonnie Bartlett

as JoAnn Booth

Wil Wheaton

as Donald Branch, age 8

Seven McDonald

as Andy Booth

Floyd Levine

as Judge Sosna

Brenda Elder

as Gloria

Brendan Burns

as Driver

John Touchstone

as Partner

Paul Haber

as Rudy

Brendan Klinger

as David Branch, age 5

Garry Kluger

as Paul

Neta Lee Noy

as Carolyn, age 5

Don Moss

as Jimmy

Lauren Peterson

as Carolyn as an Adult

Sunja Svensen

as Housewife

Eloise Hardt

as Receptionist

Jodi Hicks

as Girl

Robert Factor

as Male Attendant

Louise Kane

as Caseworker Attendant #1

Dana Glenn

as Caseworker Attendant #2