Main Cast: Deborah Raffin, Diane Lane, Michael Learned, John Amos, Cristina Raines
Release Year: 1980
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Touched by Love was not only filmed in Canada, but had a leading character named Canada (it had to; the film is based on the reminisces of a real-life person). Deborah Raffin portrays Lena Canada, a therapist in charge of handicapped Diane Lane. A wheelchair-bound cerebral palsy victim, Lane also shows signs of autism. Determined to bring Lane back into the world, Ms. Canada suggests that the girl start a pen-pal relationship with her favorite celebrity--Elvis Presley. Based on the real Lena Canada's book "To Elvis With Love," the low-key but emotionally supercharged Touched By Love costars Michael Learned as Lena's superior, Dr. Bell; also in the cast are sixteen genuine "special" children from a school in Calgary, Alberta. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Claudio Guzman - Art Director, Moss Mabry - Costume Designer, Gus Trikonis - Director, Fred A. Chulack - Editor, Peter E. Strauss - Executive Producer, John Barry - Composer (Music Score), Richard H. Kline - Cinematographer, Michael Viner - Producer, Ray Molyneaux - Set Designer, David Ronne - Sound/Sound Designer, Hesper Anderson - Screenwriter, Lena Canada - Short Story Author
Touched by Love (also called To Elvis, with Love) is a 1980drama film about a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl afflicted with cerebral palsy; she has her charge become a pen pal with the girl's favorite singer, Elvis Presley. The film was based on the real-life reminiscences of Lena Canada.
