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Intimate Strangers (alternative title: Battered) is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and written and produced by Richard and Esther Shapiro . The film, starring Dennis Weaver, Sally Struthers, Tyne Daly and Larry Hagman, deals with the subject domestic violence and has received positive reviews ...
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Brief Synopsis. A contemporary drama of a couple who find that their deep love for each other cannot overcome the emotions threatening to destroy their marriage, and she becomes a battered wife. Tyne Daly garnered an Emmy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress.
A man (Dennis Weaver) beats his wife (Sally Struthers), and their marriage falls apart. Director John Llewellyn Moxey Producer Richard Alan Shapiro, Esther Shapiro Screenwriter Richard Alan ...
- Drama
- Dennis Weaver
- John Llewellyn Moxey
Michael Shawn ★★★. A hard-hitting (sorry) film about wife abuse for much of its runtime, this film falls apart and is completely undermined in its final scene. Dennis Weaver plays an insurance salesman whose life is coming apart. He's struggling with his sales, his finances are tanking, and he seems sexually uninterested in his wife ...
- John Llewellyn Moxey
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The film follows Janice Halston (Sally Struthers), a wife and mother of two children who becomes the victim of domestic violence at the hands of her husband, Donald (Dennis Weaver).
Sally Struthers as Janice HalstonDennis Weaver as Donald HalstonBrian Andrews as Chris HalstonQuinn Cummings as Peggy HalstonSince its release, "Intimate Strangers" received positive reviews and has been acknowledged as "an outstanding social drama"by TV Guide magazine.
Intimate Strangers is a 1977 American made-for-television drama film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, and written and produced by Richard and Esther Shapiro. Movie Info Tags
“Intimate Strangers” has a theatre kind of feel about it with much of the film having only Luchini and Bonnaire on the stage so to speak, and the closeness of the action on that “stage”also gives the film a sense of intimacy. Very enjoyable. On the DVD (ASIN B0006IWQIA) you get: “Intimate Strangers” (1 hour 50 minutes) Scene Selection
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