Anna Maria Horsford, Blanche Baker, Caroline Kava

Marlo Thomas won an Emmy for her performance of a mentally ill woman in this fact-based made-for-TV movie. After trying to commit suicide at age 16, Marie Balter (Thomas) spends the next 20 years in a...( read more  read more... )nd out of institutions. Marie's nightmare is eased by kindly doctor Blackwell (Caroline Cava), who eventually discovers the correct treatment for her patient. Finally able to live a normal life, Marie sets her sights on marriage and a career.

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Directed by: Lee Grant

Release Date: December 31, 1986

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DVD Release Date: August 9, 2005

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