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Riddler's Moon

Riddler's Moon

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Riddler's Moon

1999

2h 0m

2.0(2 votes)

Drama

Science Fiction

TV Movie

Overview

Teenager Elias has watched his farming community struggle through season after season of bad crops. When unexplained visions--perhaps from another world--give Elias hope of a coming miracle, he becomes the key to saving his town.

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Alliance Atlantis

Chesler/Perlmutter Productions

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew

Victoria Riddler

Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Bernsen

George Brenner

Daniel Newman

Daniel Newman

Elias Riddler

William Armstrong

William Armstrong

Peter Morley

Finbar Lynch

Finbar Lynch

Giff Sanders

Miles Anderson

Miles Anderson

Sam Canner

Angie Hill

Angie Hill

Dr. Sally Newton

Robert Sommer

Vern

Frances Nacman

Doc Herrold

Ted Rusoff

Ted Rusoff

Pastor Nolan

Creative team

Directed by: Don McBrearty
Written by: Karl Schiffman
Produced by: Ken Gord

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