A Letter to Dad

Dan Donahue has finally met the woman of his dreams. But on the night he is going to propose, he is overcome by deep-rooted anger caused by the father who abandoned him as a boy. Dan confronts his feelings of bitterness head on as he pours his heart out in a letter to his father.

Cast

Thom Mathews

as Dan Donahue

John Ashton

as Mike Donahue

Corin Nemec

as Teenage Dan

Janice Lynde

as Erika Donahue

Mario Van Peebles

as Norman

Megan Gallivan

as Sue

Dana Barron

as Kathy

Julie McCullough

as Annie

Adam Ryen

as Young Dan

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