Overview
Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's real-life son) gets spaced out on a marijuana joint laced with PCP, or "angel dust," and the family is forced to wrestle with the crisis.
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Based on
Based on a true story
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Ursula EtonsBook
- Darlene CraviottoStory
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 11, 1981
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Production
Cast
Jean StapletonBetty Eaton
Arthur HillMichael Eaton
John PutchOwen Eaton
Helen HuntLizzie Eaton- Darlene CraviottoDr. Joan Gideon
Percy RodriguezDr. Kevin Hastings
Patrick CassidyBob Shecky
Ken MichelmanMark Eaton
Brian AndrewsAndrew Eaton
Carole AndroskyGretchen
Charles LuciaJimmy
Dorothy NeumannMrs. Oblanski- Carol WilliardKathy Eaton
Reatha GreyNurse Smith
Jerry Hardin- Miriam Byrd-Nethery
Domingo Ambriz- Toni Petrie
Jonathan Perpich- Krystal Richards
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