The Cracker Factory (TV 1979)Suicidal suburban housewife drifts in and out of asylums. Director:Burt Brinckerhoff |
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The Cracker Factory (TV 1979)Suicidal suburban housewife drifts in and out of asylums. Director:Burt Brinckerhoff |
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| Natalie Wood | ... |
Cassie Barrett
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| Perry King | ... |
Dr. Edwin Alexander
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Peter Haskell | ... |
Charlie Barrett
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| Shelley Long | ... |
Clara
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| Vivian Blaine | ... |
Helen
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| Marian Mercer | ... |
Eleanor
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| Juliet Mills | ... |
Tinkerbell
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Shane Butterworth | ... |
Greg Barrett
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David Comfort | ... |
Steven Barrett
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Tonya Crowe | ... |
Jenny Barrett
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Robert Perault | ... |
Bobby Barrett
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| Art Evans | ... |
Abdul
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Donald Hotten | ... |
Ludwig
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| Sydney Lassick | ... |
Ernie
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Delia Salvi | ... |
Norma
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Suicidal suburban housewife drifts in and out of asylums.
I had read the book by Joyce Burditt -- even wrote her a fan letter, so was prepared NOT to like this television movie. Boy, was I wrong. Natalie Wood plays a wise-cracking suburban mom with a severe alcohol addiction. She loses control in a supermarket and ends up on the seventh floor of a hospital where they put the addicts and mentally ill. She has a crush on her psychiatrist and a wonderfully warm relationship with the night supervisor played by Juliet Mills. She confronts the pain she puts her family through, especially the children. Despite the serious subject matter, she is so charming and witty you can laugh and then cry with her. Highly recommend.