Eric

• Director: James Goldstone
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Melodrama, Docudrama
• Themes: Mothers and Sons, Battling Illness, Dying Young
• Release Year: 1975
• Country: US
• Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

In this fact-based made-for-TV tearjerker, the promising life of a talented teenage athlete is suddenly destroyed when he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Despite the bad news, the boy does all he can to fight the disease. His devoted mother supports him to the bitter, inevitable end. The story is based on the experiences of Doris Lund, the late Eric's mother. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Claude Akins - Stan Swensen; Sian Barbara Allen - Marilyn Porter; Harry Basch - Dr. Gruder; Tom Clancy - Murphy; Annette Ferra - Abby; Mark Hamill - Paul Swensen; Ronald G. Joseph - Ricardo; Patricia Neal - Lois Swensen; Nehemiah Persoff - Dr. Duchesnes; John Savage - Eric Swensen; Katherine Squire - Mrs. Harris; Nancy Wolfe - Susan Gilbert; Peg Shirley - Waitress; Gene Tyburn - Pharmacisit; Eileen McDonough - Linda Swenson

Credit

Phil Barber - Art Director, James Goldstone - Director, Edward A. Biery - Editor, Lee Rich - Executive Producer, Philip Capice - Executive Producer, Dave Grusin - Composer (Music Score), John Savage - Composer (Music Score), Terry K. Meade - Cinematographer, Herbert Hirschman - Producer, John Savage - Singer, Carol Evan McKeand - Screenwriter, Nigel McKeand - Screenwriter, Doris Lund - Book Author, Doris Lund - Short Story Author

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