03 Apr 1998
Central Station
An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew.
Sentimental Journey
An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She decides to adopt the child so that her husband Bill will not be alone when she dies. Unfortunately, Bill is not charmed by Hitty.
Top Billed Cast
John Payne William O. Weatherly
Maureen O'Hara Julie Beck Weatherly
William Bendix Donnelly - Uncle Don
Cedric Hardwicke Dr. Jim Miller
Glenn Langan Judson
Mischa Auer Gregory Petrovich Rogozhin
Kurt Kreuger Walt Wilson
Trudy Marshall Ruth
Ruth Nelson Mrs. McMasters
Connie Marshall Mehitabel 'Hitty' Weatherly
Dorothy Adams Martha (uncredited)
Olive Blakeney Mrs. Deane (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson Miss Benson (uncredited)
James Flavin Detective Sgt. McFarland (uncredited)
Mary Gordon Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
George E. Stone Toy Hawker (uncredited)
Byron Foulger Mr. Tweedy (uncredited)
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