Home at Last
Home at Last 1988
An orphan in turn of the century New York finds himself shipped to Nebraska on an orphan train. There he works on the farm of his adopted family, whose own son has died. The boy finds that he must adjust to a new lifestyle as well as strive to be accepted as someone other than a replacement for the couple's son. From the “Wonderworks” series. 58m/C VHS, DVD . Adrien Brody, Frank Converse, Caroline Lagerfelt, Sascha Radetsky.
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