Into the Homeland

Into the Homeland is a 1987 made for TV crime drama that aired on HBO on December 26, 1987, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and starring Powers Boothe, C. Thomas Howell, Paul LeMat, Emily Longstreth and Cindy Pickett.^[1][2] The teleplay was written by Anna Hamilton Phelan.

Into the Homeland
Genre	Crime drama
Written by	Anna Hamilton Phelan
Directed by	Lesli Linka Glatter
Starring	Powers Boothe C. Thomas Howell Cindy Pickett Paul LeMat
Music by	David Mansfield
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Kevin McCormick
Production locations	Buffalo, Wyoming Sheridan, Wyoming Los Angeles, California San Juan Capistrano, California
Cinematography	Robert Elswit
Editor	Eve Newman
Running time	110 minutes
Production company	HBO Pictures
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	December 26, 1987 (1987-12-26)

In 1984, Jack Swallow (Boothe) is a Los Angeles Police Department detective who was unable to prevent a child's death during a drug raid. He leaves both the police force and his family to become a beach bum and surf shop owner of sorts in San Juan Capistrano, California. Three years later, his daughter turns up missing. He tracks her to her boyfriend (Howell) in rural Wyoming, whose father turns out to be the leader of a violent white power cult that kidnapped his daughter.

Cast

• Powers Boothe as Jackson Swallow
• C. Thomas Howell as Tripp Winston
• Cindy Pickett as Rye Swallow
• Paul Le Mat as Derrick Winston
• David Caruso as Ryder
• Emily Longstreth as Ember Swallow
  • Ariana Richards as Ember Swallow (Ages 5 & 7)
• Arye Gross as Joel Bessman
• Shelby Leverington as Rebecca Winston
• Becky Barnes as Liberty Winston
• Kimberlee Bonnet as Glory Winston
• Lisa Cloud as Mae Castle
• Gwen Covington as Janet
• Ian Foxx as Ricardo
• Gary Hershberger as "Whitey"
• Dawn Holder as Justine Winston
• Agapito Leal as Godparent
• Paul Linke as "Red" Hughes
• Ernie Lively as Tom Burnside
• James Marshall as Skateboard Kid (credited as James Greenblatt)
• Wade Mayer as Walt
• Eunice McEwan as Clara Jolly
• Duncan McLeod as Reverend Smedley
• Jon Renfield as Daryl Jolly
• Lela Rochon as Exquisite Woman
• Andrew Ross as Duane Jolly
• Terrance Sweeney as Father O'Neill (credited as Father Terrance Sweeney)
• Summer Thomas as Angel
• Manu Tupou as Mafoa
• Chris Ufland as Joshua Winston
• Bruce Wright as Rick
• Randy Ziegler as Freedom Winston