Real-life clown Jack Thum, along with his devoted wife, Shirlee, cared for dozens of homeless children — 37 of them over the years — in the Chicago area, all of whom come back to visit when they discover he's terminally ill.
Mickey Rooney
Jack Thum
Anne Jackson
Shirlee Thum
Allen Garfield
Dr. Arthur Abrams
Elisha Cook Jr.
Jetter
Michael LeClair
Tom
William Windom
Smiley Jenkins
Red Buttons
Roland Green
Carol Ann Susi
Gina
Bruce French
McClain
De'voreaux White
Ralph
Adrienne Kingman
Alice
Jan Stratton
1st Nurse
Rocky Balboa
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Off the Record
Emma's Bliss
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Anne of Green Gables
Starving in Suburbia
Girl in the Box
American Son
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life
Heaven
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Cléo from 5 to 7
Brute
She Lives!
Big Fish
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
The Christmas Shoes
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story