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Desperate Lives is a 1982 TV film about drug use in a high school. It features a theme song by Rick Springfield and a Keyboard Cat meme.
- Drama
A high school counselor wages a one-woman war on drugs in Desperate Lives, starring Diana Scarwid, Diane Ladd, Sam Bottoms and future Academy Award® winner H...
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A TV movie about the dangers of drugs, featuring Helen Hunt and Diana Scarwid. Read the reviews from viewers who remember this cheesy and campy classic, or watch the trailer and the song by Rick Springfield.
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The Brazilian melodrama Desperate Lies, from creator Angela Chaves, stars Juliana Paes, Vladmir Brichta, and Felipe Abib. A woman desperate to save her marriage becomes pregnant with twins from two different fathers.
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High school brother and sister Helen Hunt and Doug McKeon (in this second TV-movie in as many nights) get involved with drugs. Tom Atkins and Diane Ladd are their parents, Diana Scarwid their student counselor, and Sam Bottoms the local pusher.
Desperate Lives. A high-school guidance counselor (Diana Scarwid) takes her war on drugs all the way to the local pusher. This is where you see Helen Hunt go ape shit crazy from the LSD and...
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Diana Scarwid Cast. Doug McKeon Cast. Helen Hunt Cast. William Windom Cast. Lew Hunter Screenplay. Joseph F. Biroc Cinematography. Bruce Broughton Music. Critics reviews. A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.