Movie
If These Walls Could Talk
Overview
A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.
Details
- Release date
- 1996-09-11
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- HBO Films, Moving Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Demi Moore as Claire Donnelly
- Sissy Spacek as Barbara Barrows
- Cher as Dr. Beth Thompson
- Shirley Knight as Mary Donnelly
- Catherine Keener as Becky
- Jason London as Kevin Donnelly
- CCH Pounder as Jenny Ford
- Kevin Cooney as Dr. Kramer
- Robin Gammell as Jim Donnelly
- Phyllis Lyons as Audrey
- Aaron Lustig as Tom
- Dena Burton as Young Nurse
Crew
- Nancy Savoca - Director
- Cher - Director
- Susan Nanus - Writer
- I. Marlene King - Writer
- Nancy Savoca - Writer
- Earl W. Wallace - Story
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