
Twelve Mile Road
Drama
Overview
A divorced farmer takes in his troubled teenage daughter for the summer, a summer which changes the lives of the two of them, and their friends and family.
Top Cast


Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck
Stephen Landis
Tom Selleck
Stephen Landis


Maggie Grace
Maggie Grace
Dulcie Landis
Maggie Grace
Dulcie Landis


Wendy Crewson
Wendy Crewson
Angela Landis
Wendy Crewson
Angela Landis


Anna Gunn
Anna Gunn
Leah
Anna Gunn
Leah


Patrick John Flueger
Patrick John Flueger
Will Coffey
Patrick John Flueger
Will Coffey


Tegan Moss
Tegan Moss
Roxanne
Tegan Moss
Roxanne


Dan Petronijevic
Dan Petronijevic
Tony (as Daniel Petronijevic)
Dan Petronijevic
Tony (as Daniel Petronijevic)
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