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Amy Madigan, in her film debut, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of a young woman who is impregnated by a guard while serving a prison sentence and insists on keeping her child.
It’s a story that made national headlines and was covered on 60 Minutes. Convicted and jailed for armed robbery in 1977, Terry Jean Moore fell in love with a prison guard and became pregnant. She then took on Florida courts in a historic legal battle to keep and raise her child behind bars.
Madigan's performance was called “riveting” by Gene Shalit of NBC-TV’s Today and “fine and affecting” by Carrie Rickey of The Village Voice. Ultimate praise for the future Field of Dreams and Places in the Heart co-star came from Moore herself: “It was me there, it really was.”
Beau Bridges as the guard, Mackenzie Phillips as a fellow inmate and Margaret Whitton as Moore’s attorney give strong support in a movie that rings with truth – and moves with its simple and direct power.
The Hollywood Reporter called the film "an enormously touching, heart-wrenching movie that packs such an emotional wallop...it taps the wellspring of deep human feelings that can melt any heart."
Original Release
10/15/1982
US Release
10/15/1982
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Amy Madigan | Terry Jean Moore |
Beau Bridges | Jack Hansen |
MacKenzie Phillips | J.J. |
Albert Salmi | Capt. Ellis / Captain Ellis |
Joanna Merlin | Mrs. Sturgis |
Margaret Whitton | Jacki Steinberg |
Lewis Smith | Jesse Chaney |
Dennis Lipscomb | Arthur Brady |
Anna Maria Horsford | Mara |
Michael Shane | Judge Hare |
Directors
Writers
Anne Gerard, Katherine Specktor, Larry Peerce
Cast
Name | Character |
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Amy Madigan | Terry Jean Moore |
Beau Bridges | Jack Hansen |
MacKenzie Phillips | J.J. |
Albert Salmi | Capt. Ellis / Captain Ellis |
Joanna Merlin | Mrs. Sturgis |
Margaret Whitton | Jacki Steinberg |
Lewis Smith | Jesse Chaney |
Dennis Lipscomb | Arthur Brady |
Anna Maria Horsford | Mara |
Michael Shane | Judge Hare |
Randy Lowell | Striker |
Rhea Perlman | June Burns |
Juanita Mahone | Cecily |
Richard Whiting | Judge Weston |
Luis Avalos | Tony |
Mary McCusker | Jeanette |
Richard Liberty | Police Officer #1 / Police Officer |
Jody Wilson | Sergeant Benson |
William Leonard | Judge Powell |
Madeline Kiggins | Guard |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Maslansky | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1983 | Golden Globe | New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female | Nominated |