A woman obsessed with her adult son, angered by the idea of him leaving her and his marriage to a beautiful nurse, does everything in her power to prevent his independence.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Judith Light | ... | Diana Donahue | |
| Ricky Schroder | ... | Nick Donahue (as Rick Schroder) | |
| Sarah Trigger | ... | Abigail 'Abby' Emma Fletcher | |
| Dorothy Gordon | ... | Mrs. Jane Sweeney | |
| Ruth Marshall | ... | Adrienne | |
| John Nelles | ... | Brian Moffett | |
| Peter MacNeill | ... | Judge Sorenson | |
| Harry Lennix | ... | Prosecuting Attorney | |
| Sugith Varughese | ... | Henry Singh | |
| Allegra Fulton | ... | Gloria Lopez | |
| Isai Rivera Blas | ... | Humberto Lopez (as Gil Rivera Blas) | |
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Don Allison | ... | Ted Barnes |
| James Kidnie | ... | Woody Ryan | |
| Christopher Kelk | ... | Jackson | |
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Domenic Cina | ... | Witness |
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The 29 year old lawyer Nick Donahue is still living with his mother (Diana). To escape from her possessive behavior, he decides to look for a flat of his own. Diana can't stand the idea of her son leaving her. Trying to make him change his mind ,she doesn't even hesitate to simulate a suicide attempt. While she is hospitalized, Nick falls in love with a nurse (Abby) and they quickly marry. When Diana finds this out, things take a dramatic turn... Written by Willy Vanhaelen <willy.vanhaelen@advalvas.be>
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29 April 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Based on a real-life incident. In 1958, Elizabeth Ann Duncan hired two drifters - Augustine Baldonado and Luis Moya - to murder her pregnant daughter-in-law out of jealousy of her son, Frank, an attorney. As in the film, Frank met his wife, a nurse, at a hospital after Elizabeth attempted suicide in a ploy to keep him from leaving home, and, as in the film, he represented his mother at her trial. Elizabeth, Baldonado, and Moya were executed in San Quentin's gas chamber on August 8, 1962. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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The movie was certainly true to the real life story on which it was based. It was hard for me to find newspaper articles about the actual facts, but when I located them, I could see that truth, in this case, was stranger than fiction. Judith Light was frighteningly evil in her role as the mother in this movie, so much so that it was difficult to separate her from the role, the mark I think of an excellent performance. Rick Schroder was appropriately clueless as her son who also defended her in court, an example of how hard it can be in some circumstances for a child to accept the actions of a parent, no matter how criminal they may be. One can find fault with the movie, but not with its treatment of the reality on which it was based.