Farrell for the People (1982)
- Director(s):
- Paul Wendkos
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Sitcom stalwart Valerie Harper trades jokes for the judiciary in Farrell: For the People. Valerie stars as New York attorney Elizabeth Farrell ("All she wants to be is a DA", declared the TV Guide ad copy, "but her toughest case is being a woman!"), whose case load runs the gamut from rapists to killers. This TV movie borrows a page from current events by fictionalizing the notorious Norman Mailer/Jack Henry Abbott contretemps. Farrell takes on an ex-convict who has become a best-selling author thanks to the intervention of the Manhattan intellectual elite--and whose latest creative achievement is murder. Farrell: for the People was the pilot for a projected TV series, but the central character was too bland and confining for Valerie Harper's talents. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Valerie Harper - Liz Farrell
- Judith Chapman - Victoria Walton-Mason
- Norma Donaldson - Mrs. Grey
- Richard Herd - Randolph Gardner
- Steve Inwood - Alan Hellinger
- Calvin Jung - Otis
- Dennis Lipscomb - Jed Carter
- Sandy Martin - Newswoman
- Ed O'Neill - Jay Brennan
- Eugene Roche - Patrick J. Malloy
- Gregory Sierra - Mike Rodriguez
- Martin Speer - Dr. Kramer
- Fil Formicola - Cop
- Bill Capizzi - Christy
- William Brian Curran - Corelli
- Bob Goldstein - Beansie
- East Carlo - Judge Sanchez
- Stacey Dash - Denise Grey
- Rhoda Gemignani - Louise Theodakis
- Kene Holliday - Ron Dixon
- Chip Johnson - Barron
- Floyd Levine - Judge Shafner
- William Marquez - Oscar Rivera
- Frank McCarthy - Vince Raleigh
- Alba Oms - Rosa Delgado
- Al Ruscio - Judge Portugal
- Millie Slavin - Max
- Bert Hinchman - Clerk
- Will Nye - Fenwick
- Celia Perry - Ann Grady
- M.K. Lewis - Bailiff
- Director(s):
- Paul Wendkos
- Writer(s):
- Larry Brody, Janis B. Hendler
- Producer(s):
- Lin Bolen
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