Miracle Child is a 1993 American made-for-television drama film based on the novel Miracle at Clement's Pond by Patricia Pendergraft. It was filmed in Archer, Florida[1] and featured historic homes and churches in and around Archer. It was produced by Steve White Productions.[2] It is part of the Disney Family Classics line.[3]
Miracle Child | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Miracle at Clement's Pond by Patricia Pendergraft |
Written by | Gerald Di Pego |
Directed by | Michael Pressman |
Starring | Crystal Bernard Cloris Leachman John Terry Graham Sack Grace Zabriskie George D. Wallace Lexi Randall Gary Grubbs Barnard Hughes Bekka Allen Rick Galloway Thomas C. Chapman John Archie Brett Cipes |
Theme music composer | Craig Safan |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Steve White |
Producer | Barry Bernardi |
Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
Editor | Millie Moore |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production companies | Steve White Productions Walt Disney Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | April 6, 1993 |
Plot
editA despairing young widow (Crystal Bernard) who abandons her baby at pond-side among bulrushes and a traveling man (John Terry) who's fighting to reclaim his own son (Graham Sack) are drawn together. A baby plops out of a rainy, stormy sky into the arms of the town's beloved, vaguely addled spinster (Grace Zabriskie). Miracles suddenly reverse the fortunes of the town as drought and unemployment disappear, only to be replaced by boosterism and greed.[4]
Cast
edit- Crystal Bernard as Lisa Porter
- Cloris Leachman as Doc Betty
- John Terry as Buck Sanders
- Graham Sack as Lyle Sanders
- Grace Zabriskie as Adeleine Newberry
- George D. Wallace as Grandpa
- Lexi Randall as Taffy Marshall
- Gary Grubbs as John Marshall
- Barnard Hughes as Judge
- Bekka Allen as Willa Mrshall
- Rick Galloway as English
- Ryk O. aka Dick Ochampaugh as Cueball
- Thomas C. Chapman as Old Jack
- John Archie as Sherriff Peak (sic)
- Brett Cipes as The Whittler
- Rocky Essex as Painter
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews 1993-1994. Taylor & Francis. 1996. p. 12. ISBN 0-8240-3797-9.
- ^ Ellen Baskin; A. G. S. Enser (2003). Enser's Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Books and Plays From Which Films Have Been Made, 1928-2001. Ashgate Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 0-7546-0878-6.
- ^ John Leonard (1993-04-12). "The Wanda Years". New York: 61.
- ^ "RARE AND HARD TO FIND TITLES - TV and Feature Film: Miracle Child (1993) TV Movie". 8 May 2012.