Billy Galvin

Billy Galvin

5.7IMDb Score
Released:1986-11-01
Duration:99 min
Director:John Gray
Actors:Karl Malden, Lenny Von Dohlen, Joyce Van Patten, Toni Kalem, Alan North
Production:American Playhouse, Vestron Pictures

Overview:

Conflict arises between a steelworker and his son. The father wants the boy to have a chance to make more of himself than he did, but the son wants to follow in his father's footsteps and become a steel-worker himself.

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