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Ballard Berkeley, Colin Blakely, Connie Booth, Peter Copley, Alec Guinness ... see more see more... , Kate Harper , Rachel Kempson , Tony Melody , Antonia Pemberton , Norman Pitt , Patsy Rowlands , Rick Schroder , Patrick Stewart , Victoria Tennant , Ann Way , Ed Wiley , Eric Porter , Rolf Saxon , John Cater , Carmel McSharry , Harry Jackson

Alec Guinness stars as an elderly Brit who takes in his poor New Yorker grandson (Ricky Schroeder) in this made-for-TV modern-day retelling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.

Directed by: Jack Gold, John Cromwell

Release Date: November 25, 1980

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  • June 25, 2007
    By far the best version of this story. A bit sappy, of course, but very heart-warming and Alec Guinness makes quite the curmidgeon.

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