Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story (2024)
90 min
Father Edward J. Flanagan is a familiar name to many Americans, often for the Oscar-winning 1938 film starring Spencer Tracy about Flanagan’s groundbreaking child welfare organization. But the story extends far beyond that, to a man whose name and legacy are still well-known as far as Germany and Japan. Flanagan gained influence and admiration over the course of his life from Presidents, CEOs, celebrities and more, but none mattered more to him than that of the children for whom he tirelessly worked. A sobering reminder of this was during WWII, as Flanagan saw droves of former Boys Town citizens go off to war. In fact, so many former Boys Town boys named Flanagan as their next of kin that the American War Dads Association named him as America’s No. 1 War Dad.
- Release date
- October 8, 2024
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- Sean Beeson
- Budget
- $435,075
Trailer
Cast
- Steven Boes as Former President, Boys Town
- Alan Croghan as Ballymoe Resident
- Fidelma Croghan as Ballymoe Resident
- Bishop Kevin Doran as Diocese of Elphin
- Bishop Michael Duignan as Dioceses of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Clonfert; Apostolic Administrator, Kilfenora
- Ed Flanagan as Great-Nephew of Father Edward Flanagan
- Omar Gutierrez as Notary, Cause for Canonization of Edward J Flanagan
- Michael Hanley as Ballymoe Resident
- Kenichi Hori as Representative Director, Institute of Boys Town Program Facilitation in Japan
- Ryan Lewis as Episcopal Delegate, Cause for Canonization of Edward J Flanagan
Crew
- Daniel Gebert · Director
- Rob Kaczmark · Director
- Kelly Cunningham · Writer
- Daniel Gebert · Writer
- Renee Poskitt · Writer
- Christopher Weingart · Writer
- Victoria McEachern · Producer
- Sean Beeson · Composer
- Renee Poskitt · Editor