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My Name Is Bill W.

Plot

My Name Is Bill W reunited the stars of the highly acclaimed 1986 TV movie The Promise: James Garner and James Woods. This time Woods has the bigger role as the real-life Bill Wilson, who comes marching home from World War One with a "little" liquor problem. He drinks steadily throughout the Prohibition Era, but Wilson's habit doesn't catch up with him until he is ruined by the 1929 stock market crash. This disaster propels Wilson into flat-out alcoholism, costing him his family and his reputation. While drying out in detox, Wilson strikes up a friendship with Bob Smith (Garner), an alcoholic doctor. Through Smith's influence, Bill Wilson organizes a small band of chronic drinkers into what will eventually become Alcoholics Anonymous. The formation of AA consumes the emotional final third of My Name Is Bill W, which like its Garner/Woods predecessor The Promise was originally presented as a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV special. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

Bev Appleton - Hank; George Coe; James Garner - Dr. Bob; Joe Inscoe - Fred; Mark Joy - Guy Kolb; Max Maxwell - Casey; Bruce Morrow - Chief Engineer; Ray Reinhardt; Rick Warner - Bill D; Fritz Weaver; JoBeth Williams - Lo; Gary Sinise - Ebby; James Woods - Bill Wilson; John Badila - Leonard Strong; Jack Garner - Zack; Rick Marshall - Artie; Robert Harper; Daniel Moore - Soldier #3

Credit

Paul Rubell - Associate Producer, April Ferry - Costume Designer, Daniel Petrie - Director, John Wright - Editor, Paul Rubell - Editor, James Garner - Executive Producer, Peter K. Duchow - Executive Producer, Laurence Rosenthal - Composer (Music Score), Fred Harpman - Production Designer, Neil Roach - Cinematographer, Daniel Petrie - Producer, Richard Spero - Set Designer, William G. Borchert - Screenwriter, Norval D. Crutcher III - Sound Effects Editor, Norval D. Crutcher Jr. - Supervising Sound Editor

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