A Shining Season
6.9
The true story of University of New Mexico track star John Baker who, dying of cancer, spent his remaining time coaching a losing girls' track team to a winning season.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
26 people
Timothy Bottoms
John Baker
Known for
The Last Picture Show
The Girl Next Door
Allyn Ann McLerie
Polly Baker
Known for
The Thorn Birds
Jeremiah Johnson
Constance Forslund
Mary Anne
Known for
Village of the Damned
River's Edge
Ed Begley Jr.
John Haaland
Known for
Better Call Saul
Young Sheldon
Rip Torn
Jack Baker
Known for
Men in Black II
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Mason Adams
Dr. Ed Johnson
Known for
F/X
The Final Conflict
Ellen Geer
Veta Mercer
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Harold and Maude
Arthur Rosenberg
Emmett Duncan
Known for
Footloose
Cujo
Steve Shaw
Ron Bellamy
Known for
Hustle
Tamar Howard
Stephanie Keel
Also in
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
Wacko
Michael Sharrett
Chuck Lander
Known for
Deadly Friend
Kill Me Again
Gene D. Jackson
Adolph Plummer
Also in
The Six Million Dollar Man
To Find My Son
Stuart Margolin Director · William Harrison Writer William Buchanan Author
United States release January 1, 1984 · Produced in United States · Production Columbia Pictures Television
Production
Green/Epstein Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures Television
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 26, 1979
TV · CBS
United States · January 1, 1984
Physical · RCA / Columbia Picture Home Video
More from Stuart Margolin
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked A Shining Season
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.