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Second Chances is a american film of genre Drama directed by James Fargo released in USA on 1 september 1998 with Tom Amandes
Second Chances (1998)
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Add to a movie listSecond Chances is a 1998 film directed by James Fargo. It stars Tom Amandes, Kelsey Mulrooney (of A Little Princess fame), Isabel Glasser, and The Nanny's Charles Shaughnessy and Madeline Zima. Second Chances is based on a true story.
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After a car accident kills her dad and damages her leg a 10-year-old girl named Sunny Matthews moves with her over protective mother Kathleen Matthews next door to a horse ranch run by former rodeo star Ben Taylor when they're forced to sell their house. While adjusting to her new life Sunny develops a fondness for Ben and Ginger a beautiful barrel racing American Quarter Horse. Kathleen doesn't approve of Ben and Ginger, but she eventually trusts them.Actors
Tom Amandes
(Ben Taylor)
Isabel Glasser
(Kathleen Matthews)
Charles Shaughnessy
(Dr. Hugh Olson)
Madeline Zima
(Melinda Judd)
Terry Moore
(Dallas Judd)
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