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Desperate Lives (1982)
"Who's killing young kids with drugs and crime?"
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Audience
Score
60
Starring
Diana Scarwid
Doug McKeon
Helen Hunt
Director
Robert Michael Lewis
NR
1 hr 36 min
Mar 3rd, 1982
Drama
,
TV Movie
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Plot
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
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Original Language:
English
Executive Producers:
Arthur Fellows
,
Terry Keegan
Production Companies:
Fellows-Keegan Company, Lorimar Productions
high school
drugs
drug addiction
pcp
Cast & Crew
D
Diana Scarwid
as Eileen Phillips
D
Doug McKeon
as Scott Cameron
H
Helen Hunt
as Sandy Cameron
W
William Windom
as Dr. Jarvis
A
Art Hindle
as Stan
T
Tom Atkins
as John Cameron
R
Robert Michael Lewis
Director
L
Lew Hunter
Screenplay
I
Irene Mariano
Casting
T
Tom Fairbanks
Property Master
V
Victor Guarnier
Sound Effects Editor
A
Arthur Fellows
Executive Producer
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