Overview
Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his destitute single mother. There he must contend with being the only young person in the clinic and with an abusive head nurse.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by J. Peter Robinson
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jerry McNeelyWriter
- Cynthia WhitcombWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 7, 1990
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Fred SavageMike Mills
Kevin SpaceyWade
Ellen BurstynNurse Cooder
Richard JenkinsVaughan
Dwier BrownJohn Harlen
Lee GarlingtonJoanne
Virginia CapersNurse Blandings- Dana AndersonHarriet
Grand L. BushScott
Ving RhamesLeon
Zachary ThroneClay- Geoffrey RivasRay
Christine AvilaCandy- Deborah BensonLucy Matson
- Kari GellerTracy
Dean NorrisBill- Jermaine ShouldersTruman
- Tracey Leigh TurnerDiana
- Scott WarnekeKenny
- Margaret WheelerSara
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