A Cry for Love
1980-10-20 · 100 min · ★ 10.0
Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and three-time loser in marriage -- who, incredibly, turns out to be the ideal man!
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- Directors
- Paul Wendkos
- Production companies
- Charles Fries Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Susan BlakelyPolly Harris
Powers BootheTony Bonnell
Charles SiebertFred
Herb EdelmanJack
Edie AdamsTessie
Fern FitzgeraldBarbara
Paul LieberEugene
Jeremy LichtNick Harris
Lainie KazanTina Weathersby
Gene BarryGordon Harris
Robert HegyesPizza Counterman
Severn DardenPaul
Dolores DornKaren
Patricia BarryJennifer Harris
Laurence Haddon
Art Metrano
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