The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Rider McDowell Michael De Guzman |
Directed by | Robert Ellis Miller |
Starring | Diana Scarwid Robert Urich Tegan Moss |
Music by | Simon Kendall Al Rodger |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Craig Anderson |
Producers | Tom Rowe Lisa Towers Rider McDowell (co-producer) |
Production location | Vancouver |
Cinematography | David Geddes |
Editor | Robert K. Lambert |
Running time | 92 mins. |
Production companies | International Family Entertainment, Inc. Hallmark Entertainment Craig Anderson Productions Pacific Motion Pictures Signboard Hill Productions |
Release | |
Original network | The Family Channel |
Picture format | Color |
Original release |
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The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue is an American 1996 television film directed by Robert Ellis Miller, the last film Miller directed before his death on January 27, 2017. It was nominated for two Young Artist Awards in 1997.[1] The film was completed days before actor Robert Urich had surgery for cancer.[2]
Plot[]
During the Great Depression, an unemployed Detroit man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, prompting his three children to travel over 500 miles to the White House in search of help from President Herbert Hoover in order to have their father home for Christmas.
Cast[]
- Diana Scarwid as Annie Feagan
- Robert Urich as Angus Feagan
- Tegan Moss as Bernice Feagan
- Britt Irvin as Lily Feagan
- Alexander Pollock as Jack Feagan
- Camille Mitchell as Margaret
- Thomas Peacocke as President Herbert Hoover
References[]
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115543/awards
- ^ TV Guide December 14-19, 1996. pg. 130.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1996 television films
- 1996 films
- 1990s Christmas drama films
- ABC Family original films
- American films
- American Christmas drama films
- Films about presidents of the United States
- Films directed by Robert Ellis Miller
- Great Depression films
- Christmas television films
- Cultural depictions of Herbert Hoover
- 1990s English-language films
- Christmas television film stubs