Battered

Sep 26, 1978

1h 40m

★ 0.0

Overview

Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse-abuse by their husbands.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Charles Fries Productions

Henry Jaffe Enterprises Inc.

Battered Trailers

Cast

Susannah Hawks

Karen Grassle

Andrew Sinclair

LeVar Burton

Michael Hawks

Mike Farrell

Ginny Sinclair

Chip Fields

Edna Thompson

Joan Blondell

Len

Fred Jay Gordon

Bill Thompson

Howard Duff

Doris Thompson

Diana Scarwid

Stevie Hawks

Keith Coogan

Helen

Ketty Lester

Prof. Jeremiah Hayden

Leonard Barr

Della

Kres Mersky

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6.5

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7.3

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6.8

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0.0

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7.2

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6.8

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5.6

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6.1

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5.6

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0.0

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7.0

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7.0

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6.3

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7.2

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