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(1991 Made-for-TV movie)
It's a film about love, loyalty, family, friendship and racism. Way out
west, it's a moral dilemna for Jill Eikenberry. Her character,
manicurist Joanne Johnson, is the kind of woman who stands by her man.
She and her husband, Matt (Coyote), have held their marriage and family
together, even though times on their small Southwestern ranch have been
tough. One night, Matt and a couple of his buddies get drunk in a local
saloon before heading home. They're also stewing in anti-Hispanic racial
resentment. Matt is having a hard time making a living and has just had
to sell off the last chunk of his inherited ranch property to a family
named Martinez.
The tragic result of their
mean-spirited horseply is a small Mexican church. burned to the ground,
two young people critically injured and three men tangled up in fear,
loathing and lies. Joanne senses the awful truth way ahead of her
spiteful, narrow-minded pals down at the local beauty parlor, and she
sets out to do the right thing. |
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Cast
- Jill
Eikenberry.....................Joanne Johnson
- Peter Coyote...........................Matt
Johnson
- Roxanne Hart.........................................Grace
- Jarred Blancard......................................Jamie
- Claudette Sutherland........................Barbara
- Michael Waltman.....................................Bill
- Castulo Guerra.....................Father
Eduardo
- Alison Mack..........................................Stella
Credits
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Directed by....................................Larry
Shaw
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Screenplay by.........Sharon
Bernhardt, Lana Freistadt and Dalene Young
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Cinematography by......................Neil
Roach
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Original Music by........................Mark
Snow
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Running time: 96
minutes
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First telecast on NBC
on September 16, 1991
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