Miracle Child (film)

Miracle Child
Title card
Genre	Drama
Based on	Miracle at Clement's Pond by Patricia Pendergraft
Written by	Gerald Di Pego
Directed by	Michael Pressman
Starring	Crystal Bernard Cloris Leachman John Terry Graham Sack Grace Zabriskie George D. Wallace Lexi Randall Gary Grubbs Barnard Hughes Bekka Allen Rick Galloway Thomas C. Chapman John Archie Brett Cipes
Theme music composer	Craig Safan
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Steve White
Producer	Barry Bernardi
Cinematography	Mark Irwin
Editor	Millie Moore
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Steve White Productions Walt Disney Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 6, 1993 (1993-04-06)

Miracle Child is a 1993 American made-for-television drama film based on the novel Miracle at Clement's Pond by Patricia Pendergraft. It was filmed in Archer, Florida[1] and featured historic homes and churches in and around Archer. It was produced by Steve White Productions.[2] It is part of the Disney Family Classics line.[3]

Plot

A despairing young widow (Crystal Bernard) who abandons her baby at pond-side among bulrushes and a traveling man (John Terry) who's fighting to reclaim his own son (Graham Sack) are drawn together. A baby plops out of a rainy, stormy sky into the arms of the town's beloved, vaguely addled spinster (Grace Zabriskie). Miracles suddenly reverse the fortunes of the town as drought and unemployment disappear, only to be replaced by boosterism and greed.[4]

Cast

• Crystal Bernard as Lisa Porter
• Cloris Leachman as Doc Betty
• John Terry as Buck Sanders
• Graham Sack as Lyle Sanders
• Grace Zabriskie as Adeleine Newberry
• George D. Wallace as Grandpa
• Lexi Randall as Taffy Marshall
• Gary Grubbs as John Marshall
• Barnard Hughes as Judge
• Bekka Allen as Willa Mrshall
• Rick Galloway as English
• Ryk O. aka Dick Ochampaugh as Cueball
• Thomas C. Chapman as Old Jack
• John Archie as Sherriff Peak (sic)
• Brett Cipes as The Whittler
• Rocky Essex as Painter

External links

• Miracle Child at IMDb

References

1. Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews 1993-1994. Taylor & Francis. 1996. p. 12. ISBN 0-8240-3797-9.
2. Ellen Baskin; A. G. S. Enser (2003). Enser's Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Books and Plays From Which Films Have Been Made, 1928-2001. Ashgate Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 0-7546-0878-6.
3. John Leonard (1993-04-12). "The Wanda Years". New York: 61.
4. "RARE AND HARD TO FIND TITLES - TV and Feature Film: Miracle Child (1993) TV Movie". 8 May 2012.