Intimate Strangers

Nov 11, 1977

1h 37m

★ 5.0

Only with so much love can there be so much hurt...overpowering emotions that take them beyond love, beyond hate, into their own shocking, secret world.

Overview

The pressures of problems at home and at work are taking a tremendous toll on a middle-aged husband, and he begins to take it out on his wife.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Charles Fries Productions

ABC

Intimate Strangers Trailers

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Cast

Janis Halston

Sally Struthers

Donald Halston

Dennis Weaver

Karen Renshaw

Tyne Daly

Mort Burns

Larry Hagman

Donald's Father

Melvyn Douglas

Chris Halston

Brian Andrews

Peggy Halston

Quinn Cummings

Dr. James Morgan

Julian Burton

Marilyn Burns

Ellen Travolta

Bridget

Ellen Blake

Simpson, Rest Home Director

Regis Cordic

Rusty Fenton

James Keane

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