Film · 1987

Daniel and the Towers

Name: Daniel and the Towers
Director: Paul Schneider
Genre: Drama, Family, TV Movie
Released: 1987-04-18
Rating: 5.5

61 min · Directed by Paul Schneider

Drama Family TV Movie

5.52
ratings

The story of Simon Rodia, the real-life artist who spent 30 years constructing Los Angeles' Watts Towers, a monument to Christopher Columbus, and his fictional relationship with Daniel, a young boy.

Cast

M

Miguel Alamo

Daniel Guerra

Shawn Harrison

Sean

J

Jimmy Yung

Liko

Allan Arbus

Simon 'Sam' Rodia

Montrose Hagins

Hellen Littlefield

Carmen Zapata

Consuelo Guerra

Beulah Quo

Lynn Chow

Michael McKean

Wexler Hatch

Liam Sullivan

Commissioner

J

Janice McElroy

Miss Williams

M

Mary Lowitt

Customer at Store

S

Steven Camarillo

Rude Vacho 1

T

Telly Bilbrew

Rude Vacho 2

A

Anthony James Guttierrez

Rude Vacho 3

J

John Outterbridge

Postman

T

Tom Noble

Commissioner's Assistant

Crew

Director: Paul Schneider
Producer: Judith James
Writer: Jessie Nelson, Stephen Tolkin, Camille Thomasson, Anton Kline
Editor: Norman Hollyn
Cinematography: Tom Hurwitz
Production Design: John Ivo Gilles
Composer: Dennis Dreith
Costume: Heidi Freundlich Gilles

Details

Studios: Taper Media Enterprises, WonderWorks
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: April 18, 1987

Themes

los angeles, californiatower

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