Movie
Clean and Sober
Overview
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig, Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie, Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.
Details
- Release date
- 1988-08-10
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Keaton as Daryl Poynter
- Kathy Baker as Charlie Standers
- Morgan Freeman as Craig
- Tate Donovan as Donald Towle
- Henry Judd Baker as Xavier
- Claudia Christian as Iris
- J. David Krassner as Tiller
- Dakin Matthews as Bob
- Mary Catherine Martin as Cheryl Ann
- Patricia Quinn as June
- Pamela Dunlap as Jane
- Terri Hanauer as Admissions Counsellor
Crew
- Glenn Gordon Caron - Director
- Tod Carroll - Screenplay
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