Main Cast: Amy Madigan, Beau Bridges, Mackenzie Phillips, Albert Salmi, Joanna Merlin
Release Year: 1982
Country: US
Run Time: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Based upon the true story of a woman's battle to raise her baby in prison after having become pregnant by a prison guard while serving a twenty-year stretch for robbery, Amy Madigan, in her debut film, delivers an impressive intensity and range as Terry Jean Moore, a wild young woman with a chip on her shoulder. The story begins as Terry is hitchhiking with her equally wild cousin Jesse (Lewis Smith). They are picked up by a passing motorist and Jesse tries to rob the motorist of five dollars. When they are caught, Jesse takes the rap for her cousin and winds up in jail. Her temperament does not endear her to the prison authorities, although she is befriended by a young lesbian, J.J. (Mackenzie Phillips), and a sympathetic guard, Jack Hensen (Beau Bridges). Jack and Terry fall in love and have an affair in prison. Terry becomes pregnant and fights to raise her child in prison. At the same time, being pregnant forces Terry to reconsider her life and adopt a more responsible attitude. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Margaret Whitton - Jacki Steinberg; Lewis Smith - Jesse Chaney; Dennis Lipscomb - Arthur Brady; Anna Maria Horsford - Mara; Michael Shane - Judge Hare; Randolph Dreyfuss - Striker; Juanita Mahone - Cecily; Luis Avalos - Tony; Lynn Latham - Claudia; Mary McCusker - Jeanette; Rhea Perlman - June Burns; Jodie Wilson - Sgt. Benson; Sarah Zinsser - Sarah; Dara Murphy - Nancy; Richard Whiting - Judge Weston; Richard Liberty - Police Officer; Sterling Swanson - Officer; Susan Batson - Brenda; John Archie - Jail Guard; Jadie David - Stunt Double; Patrick Sullivan; Jack Stephens - Jack's Son
Credit
Don Ivey - Art Director, David Whorf - First Assistant Director, Larry Peerce - Director, Bob Wyman - Editor, Charles Fox - Composer (Music Score), Charles Fox - Songwriter, Carly Simon - Songwriter, James Pergola - Cinematographer, Ted Adams Swanson - Production Manager, Paul Maslansky - Producer, Howard Warren - Sound/Sound Designer, Anne Gerard - Screen Story, Anne Gererd - Screenwriter
Terry Jean Moore (Madigan) was convicted of a crime at the age of 19 and over the time she spent in prison, she meets a guard named Jack Hansen (Bridges). The two fall in love and Moore ends up having his child. Terry has to face the possibility of losing her baby, but she takes up the fight to keep the baby.[1]
