Our Shining Moment

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Our Shining Moment
GenreDrama
Written by Patrick Hasburgh
Directed by Mark Tinker
Starring Cindy Pickett
Max Gail
Music by Peter Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMark H. Ovitz
Production location Vancouver
Cinematography Touchstone Television
Running time60 min.
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseJune 2, 1991 (1991-06-02)

Our Shining Moment is a 1991 television family drama directed by Mark Tinker and starring Cindy Pickett, Max Gail and Don Ameche. It was intended as a pilot for a series which was never produced. It was broadcast on NBC on June 2, 1991. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

In 1963, a father and his teenage son forge a bond when the son is expelled from school and sees his secretly out-of-work father in the park.

Cast

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