A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

Duration: 100 min

Release date: 1989-12-03

IMDB

The story of Mary Thomas, the mother of basketball star Isiah Thomas, and how she fought to keep her family together and her sons out of trouble despite the surroundings of poverty, drugs, crime and violence of their ghetto neighborhood.

Drama TV Movie

A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Michael Thomas

Garland Spencer

Garland Spencer

as Isaiah Thomas at Age 11

as Coach Pingatore

Larry O. Williams Jr.

Larry O. Williams Jr.

as Isaiah at Age 15

Wanda Christine

Wanda Christine

as Mary at Age 16

Barbara E. Robertson

Barbara E. Robertson

as Sister Kevin Anne

Marty Higginbotham

Marty Higginbotham

as Mayor Richard Daley

as Mary's Father

as Grocery Store Manager

as Mayor's Receptionist

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Crew arrow_drop_down

Patricia Clifford

Patricia Clifford

Co-Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Richard L. O'Connor

Richard L. O'Connor

Co-Executive Producer

Director of Photography

Richard A. Harris

Richard A. Harris

Michael Merritt

Michael Merritt

Cathy Newport-Logan

Cathy Newport-Logan

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