The Way Home is an inspirational true story about how a rural community rallied around a distraught family to search for their missing two year-old boy and through doing so changed the lives of many of those involved.
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Dean Cain Dean Cain, as Randy Simpkins, plays the father of Little Joe and a man at a crossroads in his life. A familiar face to the screen, he portrayed Clark Kent and his alter-ego Superman in the hit TV series "Lois and Clark - The New Adventures of Superman" (1993-1997) and is the host of Ripley's Believe It or Not. As a graduate of Princeton University, Dean has worked in both TV and film media, including No Alibi (2000), Phase IV (2001), Firetrap (2001), Out of Time (2001), Post Impact (2004), Bailey's Billion$ (2005), 10.5 - Apocalypse (2006), Urban Decay (2007), and Ace of Hearts (2008). Lori Beth Edgeman Lori Beth Edgeman portrays Christal Simpkins, the frantic mother of Little Joe struggling to bring her family back together. She is from Dalton, Georgia and most people will remember her as Candace from the TV hit "Army Wives". Some of Lori Beth's other cinematic credits include The Gingergbread Man (1998), Road Trip (2000), Warm Springs (2005), Two Weeks (2006), A Dance for Bethany (2007), Blood Done Sign My Name (2009) , and Get Low (2009). She has also appeared in a Hallmark feature, "Front of the Class" and a reality TV cooking show with her mother (filmed in Dalton).
Sonny Shroyer Sonny Shroyer appears as Ed Walker, a volunteer reliving his past while searching for Little Joe. A veteran of television and film, he is fondly remembered as Deputy Enos from The Dukes of Hazard. He is from Valdosta, Georgia. Here are a few of Sonny's other cinematic credits - Payday (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977), They Went That-a- Way and That-a-Way (1978), The Devil and Max Devlin (1981), Forest Gump (1994), The Gingerbread Man (1998), Ray (2004), A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004), A Tale About Bootlegging (2005), Opening Day (2009) and Van Wilder:Freshman Year (2009). Tom Nowicki Tom Nowicki, in the role of Sheriff Tony Reeves, rallies the search parties in sweeping the surrounding area for Little Joe. This is his second appearance for Red 5 Entertainment - appearing in the 2008 release of "The Conjurer". Raised in Michigan, Tom now makes Winter Park, Florida his home. Since 1984 he has appeared in film and on television and the following are some of his cinematic credits - Harry and Son (1984), Illegally Yours (1988), Problem Child 2 (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), WormKiller's Last Spring (1994), The Break (1995), Claudine's Return (1998), The Waterboy (1998), The First of May (2000), Remember the Titans (2000), The Code Conspiracy (2001), The Locket (2002), The Punisher (2004), Hallows Point (2007), Burial at Sea (2009).
Brett Rice Brett Rice is cast as Fire Chief Gary Thomas who brings his crews to aid in the search for Little Joe. He is originally from Chattanooga and been active on the stage and screen since 1982. Brett, along with Tom Nowicki, also appeared in Red 5 Entertainment's 2008 release of "The Conjurer". A few more of his cinematic credits include Edward Scissorhands (1990), Problem Child 2 (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), Kalifornia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), From the Earth to the Moon (1998), The Waterboy (1998), Remember the Titans (2000), Bobby Jones:Stroke of Genius (2004), We Are Marshall (2006), The Ultimate Gift (2006), The People vs. Leo Frank (2009), Van Wilder:Freshman Year (2009).

Additional Cast and Crew details can be found at IMDB

Production
Production Designer - Deborah Croswell      Director of Photography - Ken Blakey
Music Composed By - Dean Ogden      Film Editors - Ron Milestone and Lance W. Dreesen
Line Producer - Day Permuy      Co-Producer - Shay Bentley-Griffin
Executive Producer - Randy Simpkins      Produced by - Clint Hutchison and Lance W. Dreesen
Written and Directed by - Lance W. Dreesen

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