<P> Sunshine is a 1973 made - for - television docudrama , directed by Joseph Sargent and produced by George Eckstein , about a young wife and mother who dies of cancer at age 20 . The film stars Cristina Raines in the lead role of Kate Hayden ( Raines ' first big movie role ) , Cliff DeYoung as Kate 's husband Sam Hayden , and twins Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush as Jill , Kate and Sam 's daughter , as a toddler . It originally aired on CBS as an episode of the CBS Friday Night Movie on November 9 , 1973 . When first aired , Sunshine was the most watched made - for - TV film in history . The film uses John Denver 's song `` Sunshine on My Shoulders '' as a theme . </P>
<P> Sunshine is a 1973 made - for - television docudrama , directed by Joseph Sargent and produced by George Eckstein , about a young wife and mother who dies of cancer at age 20 . The film stars Cristina Raines in the lead role of Kate Hayden ( Raines ' first big movie role ) , Cliff DeYoung as Kate 's husband Sam Hayden , and twins Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush as Jill , Kate and Sam 's daughter , as a toddler . It originally aired on CBS as an episode of the CBS Friday Night Movie on November 9 , 1973 . When first aired , Sunshine was the most watched made - for - TV film in history . The film uses John Denver 's song `` Sunshine on My Shoulders '' as a theme . </P>
movie with the song sunshine on my shoulders
movie with the song sunshine on my shoulders
Sunshine
Sunshine