POLLY / Stand Up #7 Original Soundtrack released on compact disc in 1989 by Walt Disney Records
Television movie Directed by Debbie Allen, Produced by Frank Fischer & Written by Eleanor H. Porter (Novel) / William Blinn (Adaptation) / David Swift (Scenario) Starring Keshia Knight Pulliam & Phylicia Rashād Music by Joel McNeely Cinematography Isidore Mankofsky Country : United States / Language : English / Original channel : NBC Release date : November 12, 1989 Running time : 100 mins. Followed by Polly: Comin Home
PLOT Set in 1950s Alabama, the film features an all African American cast (with the exception of Celeste Holm). Keshia Knight Pulliam stars as Polly, an orphan who moves in with her Aunt Polly and attempts to unite the small Southern town during the segregation era. Polly proved to be a ratings hit and a sequel, Polly: Comin Home, followed in 1990. Both films are available on DVD exclusively from the Disney Movie Club and Disney Movie Rewards.
CAST Keshia Knight Pulliam as Polly Whittier Phylicia Rashād as Aunt Polly Harrington Dorian Harewood as Dr. Robert Shannon Barbara Montgomery as Mrs. Conley T. K. Carter as George Dodds Vanessa Bell Calloway as Nancy Palmer Brandon Quintin Adams as Jimmy Bean Butterfly McQueen as Miss Priss Larry Riley as Reverend Gillis Brock Peters as Mr. Pendergast Celeste Holm as Miss Snow Ken Page as Mayor Warren
