A kindly but firm priest mentors a troubled young boy at the famous Boys Town, a residential care community for troubled youth.
Acting
Art Carney's late-career warmth anchors the whole thing.
Production
Actual Boys Town location gives unexpected documentary texture.

Director
Georg Stanford Brown
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Art Carney's final leading role before his death in 2003. He reportedly took a massive pay cut to work with actual Boys Town residents.
Aired on NBC as a 'movie of the week' during the 1986-87 season, part of TV's last gasp of earnest social-issue dramas before irony poisoned everything.
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