Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Edward Asner | ... | Lou Grant | |
Robert Walden | ... | Joe Rossi | |
Linda Kelsey | ... | Billie Newman | |
Mason Adams | ... | Charlie Hume | |
Jack Bannon | ... | Art Donovan | |
Daryl Anderson | ... | Dennis "Animal" Price | |
Nancy Marchand | ... | Mrs. Pynchon (credit only) | |
Matthew Labyorteaux | ... | Mark Donner | |
Nicholas Pryor | ... | Al Mitchell | |
Jenny Sullivan | ... | Meg Donner | |
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Elizabeth Bliss | ... | Carly Mitchell |
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Barbara Jane Edelman | ... | Barbara Hodges |
Melinda Cordell | ... | Helen Mitchell | |
Michael J. Fox | ... | Paul Stone | |
Peggy Ann Garner | ... | Dixie Collins |
Rossi does a story on a child actress who is secretly unhappy about being deprived of a normal childhood and decides to run away. Lou tries to spend more time with a kid from his baseball team who is neglected by his divorced parents.