"A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-year-old."
Sidney Poitier
as Henry Cobb
Wendy Crewson
as Karen Potter
Jay O. Sanders
as Mike Potter
Mary Alice
as Dorothy Cobb
Bernie Casey
as Lewis
Cody Newton
as Danny Potter
Piper Laurie
as Ruth Anne
Duke Ernsberger
as Principal Robert Keenan
Tom Nowicki
as Carl Douglass
Mert Hatfield
as Bank Chairman Redden
Terry Loughlin
as Dr. Hayward
Rebecca Koon
as Ms. Abbott
Bill Roberson
as Dr. Quinn
Terry Henry
as Ms. Walters (credited as Terry Norman)
Gregg Champion
Director
Richard Leder
Writer
Joseph Conlan
Original Music Composer
Gordon Lonsdale
Director of Photography
Gib Jaffe
Editor