Main Cast: Marsha Mason, Kathleen Beller, Ned Beatty, Susan Clark, Michael Brandon
Release Year: 1979
Country: US
Run Time: 118 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
This is a tragic tale of the slow degeneration of a cancer patient that is filled with pathos and sorrow. Buffy Koenig (Kathleen Beller) is terminally ill with cancer and for the two-hour running time, she goes through several surgical procedures, suffers all the devastating side effects of chemotherapy, and gets unrelentingly worse. Her doctor (Marsha Mason) has a certain amount of conflict herself, but that is nothing compared to the young patient's distraught parents (Ned Beatty and Susan Clark) or her grief-stricken boyfriend (Paul Clemens). ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Paul Clemens - Gerry Hulin; Donald Moffat - Dr. Walter McInerny; Philip Sterling - Dr. Frucht; Bonnie Bartlett - Nurse Farber; James Noble - Dr. Blankenship; Jack Anderson; Alice Beardsley - Mrs. Kepos; Fran Bennett - Emergency Room Nurse; Lynn Farrell; Edith Fields - Mrs. Gans; Eloise Hardt - Woman in Restaurant; Lidia Kristen; Bernie Kuby - Tony; Peggy McCay - Miss Pritikin; Arthur Rosenberg - Emergency room doctor; Janet Taylor; Lenora May - Sue; Karen Anders - Secretary in Bud's Office; Robert Doran - Alan
Credit
Ann Roth - Costume Designer, Kim Kurumada - First Assistant Director, Jerome Hellman - Director, Bob Wyman - Editor, Sheldon Schrager - Executive Producer, Leonard Rosenman - Composer (Music Score), Walter Scott Herndon - Production Designer, Adam Holender - Cinematographer, Jerome Hellman - Producer, Sheldon Schrager - Producer, Darin Knight - Sound/Sound Designer, Loring Mandel - Screenwriter
