Mr. Holland's Opus
Top 10 Billed Cast
Glenn Holland
Iris Holland
Bill Meister
Principal Jacobs
Vice Principal Gene Wolters
Gertrude Lang
Louis Russ
Bobby Tidd
Rowena Morgan
Sarah Olmstead
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