Director: Will Mackenzie
Written by: Jeb Rosebrook, Paul Freeman
Starring: Barnard Hughes, Gerald McRaney, Wendy Crewson
An old hobo tries to reconnect with the son he walked out on twenty years earlier.
It's hard to see who the audience for this film might be, other than perhaps hobos (who won't have TVs to see it on anyway) or people who have been abandoned by hobos. I'm sure such people exist, but it's hardly likely to have been a target demographic for CBS, even back in 1987 when any old crap would make it to the screen.
As with A Boyfriend For Christmas, there's just no drama in the film. Hobo turns up, there's a little bit of tension then everyone gets along fine for the remaining 80 minutes of the film. All very heartwarming I'm sure, but it hardly makes for compelling viewing.
Most notable for a relatively early role for Wendy Crewson, who would go on to be Harrison Ford's wife in Air Force One (in which she looked like a completely different person).
1/5
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