During the final years of his life, the famous writer Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens is befriended by a young girl named Dorothy Quick.
Jason Robards
as Mark Twain
Talia Shire
as Jean Clemens
R.H. Thomson
as Albert Paine
Fiona Reid
as Mrs. Quick
Chris Wiggins
as Captain
Amy Stewart
as Dorothy Quick
Anna Ferguson
as Arabella
Chapelle Jaffe
as Sarah Hardwig
Colin Fox
as Dr. Quintard
Susan Coyne
as Miss Hobby
Bunty Webb
as Minnie
Jenny Turner
as Mrs. Woods
