Bill on His Own
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Cast & Crew
Anthony Page
Mickey Rooney
Helen Hunt
Edie Mcclurg
Tracey Walter
Teresa Wright
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Synopsis
Reprising the role that won him an Emmy Award in 1981, Mickey Rooney plays Bill Sackter, struggling to cope after his good friend and guardian, Barry Morrow and his wife (played again in small roles by Dennis Quaid and Largo Woodruff) move away, learning to read with the help of Teresa Wright in the group home she runs to the consternation of local officials, discovering his religious heritage, overcoming the fire that accidentally destroys his small canteen business, and journeying to the west coast in search of the Morrows. Rooney is united with director Anthony Page and the real-life Barry Morrow, who wrote the teleplay, and at the end, the real Bill Sackter, who puts in a brief appearance (he subsequently died before the premiere of this second film on his life). Rooney again was Emmy Award-nominated.
Director
Anthony Page
Cast
Mickey Rooney
Helen Hunt
Edie Mcclurg
Tracey Walter
Teresa Wright
Dennis Quaid
Paul Lieber
Harry Goz
Largo Woodruff
Terry Evans
Marianna Clore Blase
Jerry Michael Hayes
Marina Astudillo
Sharon Menzel
Sebastian Beeton
Mona Fultz
Blue Deckert
Katherine Haack
Cantor Ralph L Katz
Richard Andrew
John Perry Edson
Sharisse Baker
Fred Greenlee
Turk Pipkin
Doris V Hargrave
Jim Danko
Mark Edson
Jack E Shadix
Jules W Herlihy
Deborah Shore
Eva Maria Campbell
Lyle Lovett
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Aired in United States November 9, 1983
