A Certain Sacrifice

Oct 1, 1985

1h 2m

★ 2.2

On the dark side of New York when paths cross...

Overview

A street-wise teen gets herself in a series of circumstances and mishaps in her meaningless existence.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Cine Cine Productions Inc.

Carlson International

Vidimax

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Cast

Bruna

Madonna

Dashiel

Jeremy Pattnosh

Raymond Hall

Charles Kurtz

Susan Porter

Kate Magill

The Landlady

Timmy Leight

Transvestite Slave

Michael Dane

Male Slave

Russell O. Lome

Female Slave

Angi Smit

Father

Joseph Pattnosh

Mother

Ann Pattnosh

Young David

John Joseph Pattnosh

Narrator

Chuck Varesko

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