A Shining Season

Duration: 100 min

Release date: 1979-12-26

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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.

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A Shining Season

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Timothy Bottoms

Timothy Bottoms

Allyn Ann McLerie

Allyn Ann McLerie

Constance Forslund

Constance Forslund

as John Haaland

as Dr. Ed Johnson

Arthur Rosenberg

Arthur Rosenberg

as Emmett Duncan

as Stephanie Keel

Michael Sharrett

Michael Sharrett

as Chuck Lander

Gene D. Jackson

Gene D. Jackson

as Adolph Plummer

as The Announcer

as Lab Technician

as Reverend Hawk

as Tony Sandoval

Michael Arredondo

Michael Arredondo

Allison Murdock

Allison Murdock

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William Buchanan

William Buchanan

First Assistant Director

William Harrison

William Harrison

Richard Bracken

Richard Bracken

Director of Photography

Elayne Barbara Ceder

Elayne Barbara Ceder

Executive Producer

Allen S. Epstein

Allen S. Epstein

Executive Producer

Richard C. Goddard

Richard C. Goddard

Stuart Margolin

Stuart Margolin

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