A Shining Season (1979)
The true story of University of New Mexico track star John Baker who, dying of cancer, spent his remaining time coaching a losing girls' track team to a winning season.
- Released
- 1979-12-26
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Stuart Margolin
- TMDB rating
- 4.7/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Timothy Bottoms as John Baker
- Allyn Ann McLerie as Polly Baker
- Constance Forslund as Mary Anne
- Ed Begley Jr. as John Haaland
- Rip Torn as Jack Baker
- Mason Adams as Dr. Ed Johnson
- Ellen Geer as Veta Mercer
- Arthur Rosenberg as Emmett Duncan
- Steve Shaw as Ron Bellamy
- Tamar Howard as Stephanie Keel
- Michael Sharrett as Chuck Lander
- Gene D. Jackson as Adolph Plummer