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Based on | Call Me Anna by |
Written by | John McGreevey |
Directed by | Gilbert Cates |
Starring | Patty Duke Timothy Carhart Howard Hesseman Deborah May Ari Meyers Millie Perkins |
Composer | Garry Sherman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | Sheldon Pinchuk |
Producers | Gilbert Cates Anna Duke-Pearce |
Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
Editor | Lee Burch |
Running time | 97 minutes |
Production companies | Call Me Anna Company Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions Gilbert Cates Productions Mianna Pearce Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | November 11, 1990 |
Call Me Anna is a 1990 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Gilbert Cates and written by John McGreevey. It is based on the 1988 book Call Me Anna by Patty Duke and Kenneth Turan. The film stars Patty Duke, Timothy Carhart, Howard Hesseman, Deborah May, Ari Meyers and Millie Perkins. The film premiered on ABC on November 11, 1990. [1] [2] [3]
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