Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.
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Winona Ryder
Dinky Bossetti
Jeff Daniels
Denton Webb
Stephen Tobolowsky
Mayor Bill Klepler
Dinah Manoff
Evelyn Whittacher
Laila Robins
Elizabeth Zaks
Thomas Wilson Brown
Gerald Howells
Joan McMurtrey
Barbara Webb
Graham Beckel
Les Bossetti
Frances Fisher
Rochelle Bossetti
Robby Kiger
Beannie Billings
Director
Jim Abrahams
Tagline
"She doesn't want much. Just a whole new life."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$13,000,000
Revenue
$3,989,297
Production
Paramount Pictures, ITC Entertainment
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