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Overview

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7.1/10   94 votes
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Director:
Fielder Cook
Writers:
Leola Mae Harmon (book)
Dalene Young (writer)
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Release Date:
12 March 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. more
User Comments:
This TV movie---a MUST SEE more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Glynnis O'Connor ... Leola Mae Harmon

Armand Assante ... Dr. James Stallings
Craig Wasson ... Brian Harmon

Annie Potts ... Daria
Michael Sacks ... Dr. Harry Jarrick
Bruce Abbott ... Markus
Richard Backus ... Civilian Doctor
William Frankfather ... Dental Corps Doctor
Kenneth Kimmins ... Chief of Surgery
Lenka Peterson ... Leola Mae's Mother
Milton Selzer ... Colonel
William Windom ... General
Harley Scott ... Michael
Gary Bisig
Walker Edmiston
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:LH | USA:TV-PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In reality, Leola Mae Harmon married her surgeon, Dr. James Stallings, and assists him in his plastic surgery practice. more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
This TV movie---a MUST SEE, 20 April 2006
10/10
Author: prfrmr from United States

I actually cried through much of the climactic drama of this movie.

Funny thing is, I looked EVERYWHERE for this title and always came up with dead ends, probably because I thought it was a mid-90's TV film, and it's actually from 1984. No wonder.

Anyway... Armande Assante --and granted he's a truly talented, very sexy multi-level actor-- TRULY deserves the most high appraisal for his tasty performance as the chief surgeon. He absolutely made my mouth water (for lack of a better word) here. And Glynnis O'Connor is magnificent in the portrayal of Leola May Harmon. This is another TRUE STORY movie that really reaches to the guts of television drama.

When I first caught this on TV back in the mid-90's, I assumed it was a recent film. I did not realize it was actually an 80's TV movie--not that that's any relevance here. And for some odd reason I thought the title role of Leola May was portrayed brilliantly by actress Amy Madigan. Oops.

LIke I said....I saw this film only once, 12 years ago (1994). But...oh the irony....the drama stuck with me ever since. And when I finally got around years later now, looking up Assante's name on the Internet----what a surprising gas to find THIS MOVIE title listed under his name! Whooo----I was excited! I hope this film will be released on DVD someday. It is DEFINITELY WELL WORTH the cost.

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