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The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

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The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
GenreDrama
Written byRider McDowell
Michael De Guzman
Directed byRobert Ellis Miller
StarringDiana Scarwid
Robert Urich
Tegan Moss
Music bySimon Kendall
Al Rodger
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerCraig Anderson
ProducersTom Rowe
Lisa Towers
Rider McDowell (co-producer)
Production locationVancouver
CinematographyDavid Geddes
EditorRobert K. Lambert
Running time92 mins.
Production companiesInternational Family Entertainment, Inc.
Hallmark Entertainment
Craig Anderson Productions
Pacific Motion Pictures
Signboard Hill Productions
Original release
NetworkThe Family Channel
Release
  • December 15, 1996 (1996-12-15)

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 1,000 miles to the White House in search of help from President Herbert Hoover in order to have their father home for Christmas.

Cast

References

  1. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115543/awards
  2. ^ TV Guide December 14-19, 1996. pg. 130.