Movie
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
Overview
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Details
- Release date
- 2003-04-07
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Barnet Bain Films, Metafilmics, Patriarch Pictures Inc., Lifetime
- Country
- United States of America, Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Thora Birch as Liz Murray
- Michael Riley as Peter
- Kelly Lynch as Jean Murray
- Robert Bockstael as David
- Makyla Smith as Chris
- Elliot Page as Young Lisa
- Jennifer Pisana as Young Liz
- Aron Tager as Pops
- Marla McLean as Lisa
- Marguerite McNeil as Eva
- Amber Godfrey as Dawn
- Seamus Morrison as Bobby
Crew
- Peter Levin - Director
- Ronni Kern - Writer
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