Home at Last

Home at Last

Home at Last

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Home at Last

"What he needed most was to be wanted."

1988

0h 58m

6.0(5 votes)

Family

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

Billy, a streetwise kid from New York City, is sent to Nebraska and is taken in by a Swedish farm family, the Andersons. Initially fearful and resentful, Billy doesn’t fit in, and he clashes with his new family and adoptive father (Frank Converse). Not until a terrible crisis occurs does Billy realize that, for the first time in his life, he truly belongs and is Home At Last.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Billy

Joel Savani

Danny

Tom Wees

Drunk

Rod McCullough

Policeman

William Duff-Griffin

Warden

Lanny Flaherty

Lanny Flaherty

Slater

Kenneth Freese

Man in Store #1

Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens

Man in Store #2

Frank Converse

Frank Converse

Nils Anderson

Dick Boyd

Conductor

Creative team

Directed by: David DeVries
Written by: David DeVries
Produced by: Chris Brigham

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