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Darkness Before Dawn (1993) (TV)
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15 February 1993 (USA) morePlot:
A family struggles with a daughter's addiction. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Surprisingly Multi-Dimensional and non-cliched moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Meredith Baxter | ... | Mary Ann Guard | |
| Stephen Lang | ... | Guy Grand | |
| Gwynyth Walsh | ... | Sandra Guard | |
| L. Scott Caldwell | |||
| Chelsea Hertford | ... | Jennifer | |
| Bill Applebaum | |||
| Michael Bryan French | ... | Jack | |
| Lee Tergesen | |||
| Natalie West | ... | Mrs. Guard | |
| Robert Desiderio | ... | Al Van Petten | |
| Richard Grove | ... | Father | |
| Alana Austin | ... | Mary Ann Guard (age 9) | |
| Kirsten Dunst | ... | Sandra Guard (age 8) | |
| Tim Farrell | ... | John L. | |
| Matthew Linville | ... | Daryl |
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USA:120 min (including commercials) | UK:93 minCountry:
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Darkness before Dawn is a TV movie starring Meredith Baxter and Steve Lang as married junkies trying to get clean. With that said this film isn't as predictable as you'd think. Baxter's emotional turmoil is high intensity and the story is realistic (considering it was based on a true story). It could be called Days of Horse and Roses and worth seeing more than the cliched Traffic subplot with the junkie daughter. Most harsh is when they have a baby born addicted to heroin. Superior to the pretentiously hip Permanent Midnight, but if you want hip and avant-guarde check out Morrissey's Trash.