Prancer is a 1989 family film starring Sam Elliott and Cloris Leachman. It was directed by John D. Hancock. It was filmed in northwestern Indiana, near LaPorte, and in Three Oaks, Michigan.
It was followed by Prancer Returns, a direct to video sequel released in 2001.
Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell) is an 8 year old girl whose mother died of unknown causes and who is in the not very adequate care of her rough, quiet, protective father John Riggs ...
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Prancer is a 1989 family film starring Sam Elliott and Cloris Leachman. It was directed by John D. Hancock. It was filmed in northwestern Indiana, near LaPorte, and in Three Oaks, Michigan.
It was followed by Prancer Returns, a direct to video sequel released in 2001.
Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell) is an 8 year old girl whose mother died of unknown causes and who is in the not very adequate care of her rough, quiet, protective father John Riggs (Sam Elliott). In the Christmas season, Jessica finds a hurt reindeer who she believes to be Santa's reindeer Prancer and sets herself on nursing Prancer back to health, and a deep bond grows between the two. She is helped by a friendly old veterinarian (Abe Vigoda), befriends the old town recluse (Cloris Leachman), and comes to forge a closer relationship with her older brother Steve (John Duda). She and her father often clash after he discovers Prancer living in the barn and, despite her widowed father revealing brief moments of deep love...
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