A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
1989•1h 40m•7.0•Released
DramaTV Movie
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.
Director
John Patterson
Writer
Jason Miller
Languages
English
Studio
Chet Walker Enterprises
Cast
Alfre Woodard
Mary Thomas
AJ Johnson
Ruby Thomas
Leon
Michael Thomas
Garland Spencer
Isaiah Thomas at Age 11
Chick Vennera
Coach Pingatore
Larry O. Williams Jr.
Isaiah at Age 15
Jamey Sheridan
Brother Ted
Harry Lennix
Nero
Wanda Christine
Sara
Shamon Ricks
Jojo
Lanei Chapman
Mary at Age 16
Barbara E. Robertson
Miss Day
Cynthia Baker
Sister Kevin Anne
Marty Higginbotham
Mr. Davis
Ed Grennan
Mayor Richard Daley
Production
Company
Chet Walker Enterprises
Company
Interscope Communications
Company
Walt Disney Television
Producer
Richard L. O'Connor
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