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Small Sacrifices is a 1989 American made-for-television crime drama film written by Joyce Eliason and based on the best-selling true crime book by Ann Rule of the same name. The film is about Diane Downs and the murder and attempted murder of her three children.
Small Sacrifices: With Farrah Fawcett, Gordon Clapp, Ryan O'Neal, John Shea. A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.
Jul 5, 1988 · Why would a gunman shoot three small children and not kill Diane who could identify him? Diane wanted to get rid of the children because her married boyfriend Lew didn't want kids. The children, of course, are the "small sacrifices".
American made for TV crime drama film directed by David Green. Farrah Fawcett received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her performance in this film. Based ...more. Also starring Ryan O'Neil...
Author Ann Rule wrote the book Small Sacrifices in 1987, which detailed Downs' life and murder trial. The book documented accounts by friends, acquaintances, neighbors, and her surviving daughter Christie who questioned the quality of her parenting.
1989. 3 hr 20 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Farrah Fawcett is riveting as a murder suspect in this story about a sensational case that unfolded in Oregon in...
A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room. On May 19, 1983, Diane Downs stops at the McKenzie-Williamette-Hospital and cries for help.
