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Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story is a 1986 American television film directed by Richard T. Heffron and starring Martin Sheen as homeless activist Mitch Snyder.
- Drama
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story. A veteran of the Vietnam War, Mitch Snyder (Martin Sheen) cannot stomach the major neglect of the homeless that for too long has endured in America.
- Drama
- Martin Sheen, Cicely Tyson, Roxanne Hart
- Richard Heffron
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (TV Movie 1986) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story. 1986 · 1 hr 58 min. TV-14. Drama. Outraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national attention to the issue by taking their case to Congress. Subtitles: English. Starring: Roxanne Hart Martin Sheen Cicely Tyson Stan Shaw James Avery. Directed by: Richard T. Heffron.
- Richard T. Heffron
- January 1, 1986
- Roxanne Hart
Mitch Snyder successfully convinces city officials in Washington D.C. to deal with the number of homeless people who have been dumped on the street without shelter from mental institutions and other facilities, bringing the issue to national light.
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This was a new story for me in the advocates for the homeless and the early awareness of their needs. Mitch Snyder was not someone I knew anything about. How grateful I am to him and the witness he made.
