Act of Love (1980) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Jud Taylor

Writers:

Michael De Guzman (writer)
Judith Paige Mitchell (book)

Release Date:

24 September 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Assisted Suicide | Quadriplegic | Trial | Suicide | Motorcycle Accident

Cast

Ron Howard	...	Leon Cybulkowski
Robert Foxworth	...	Andrew Rose
Mickey Rourke	...	Joseph Cybulkowski
David Spielberg	...	Victor Burton
Jacqueline Brookes	...	Eugenia Cybulkowski
Sondra West	...	Margaret Cybulkowski
Gail Youngs	...	Joan Gruber
Mary Kay Place	...	Becky Wiggins
Peter Michael Goetz	...	Dr. Warren Fitzpatrick
Peter Hobbs	...	Judge Traviera
Kent Williams	...	Dr. Mitchell
Chris Mulkey	...	Nurse Watkins
Michael Flanagan	...	Dr. Gerald Oliver
Laurence Haddon	...	Doctor
Brian Farrell	...	Mr. Carney

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Cypress Point Productions

Genius, esp. in light of "Million Dollar Baby"

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Am I the only person in America who remembers this film? Did Ron shoot his brother in the face or in the chest? and....wasn't the slo-mo sequence of the brothers motorcycle accident the worst accident/tragedy sequence in history? Sweet Mother of all things holy- If I was a neck down parapalegic, and couldn't even move except with the sip-n-suck, I'd hope one of my loved ones put me out of my misery too That said, I thought Ron Howard was pretty Opie-like in this film, especially considering the effect of blowing a big hole in his brothers chest would have on the open casket and his ability to plead non-guilty ("Honest, Officer Fife, I was in the sweet shop having a malt with Eddie Haskell").