The Boys Next Door | |
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Genre | Comedy Drama |
Written by |
Tom Griffin (play) William Blinn (teleplay) |
Directed by | John Erman |
Starring | Tony Goldwyn |
Theme music composer | John Kander |
Country of origin | USA |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Richard Welsh Brent Shields (co-executive producer) |
Producer(s) |
John Erman Christopher Cook |
Location(s) | Toronto |
Cinematography | Frank Tidy |
Editor(s) | John W. Wheeler |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production company(s) | Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions |
Distributor | CBS |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Original release | February 4, 1996 |
"The Boys Next Door" | |
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Hallmark Hall of Fame episode | |
Episode no. | Season 45 Episode 2 |
Production code | 301 |
Original air date | 4 February 1996 |
The Boys Next Door is a 1996 television movie based on a play by Tom Griffin which was published in 1983 under the title Damaged Hearts, Broken Flowers and again in 1988 under the title The Boys Next Door. The movie was produced by Hallmark Entertainment as a Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie.
Four intellectually disabled men share a house and are looked after by Jack (Tony Goldwyn), their social worker. The four men try to make sense of a mixed-up world, dealing with everything from runaway rodents to helping Norman, who has a new girlfriend (Mare Winningham). Jack's life with his wife is put on hold, and he feels it's time to let them go.