Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story is a 1986 American television film directed by Richard T. Heffron and starring Martin Sheen as homeless activist Mitch Snyder.[1][2][3][4]
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | |
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Genre | Drama |
Screenplay by | Clifford Campion |
Directed by | Richard T. Heffron |
Starring | Martin Sheen Roxanne Hart Cicely Tyson |
Theme music composer | Craig Safan |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Charles W. Fries Irv Wilson |
Producers | Deborah Joy LeVine Debbie Robins |
Production location | Washington, D.C. |
Cinematography | Hanania Baer |
Editor | Scott C. Eyler |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Production companies | LeVine-Robins Productions Fries Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | May 19, 1986 |
For her performance in the film, Cicely Tyson won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special.[5]