Bridge to Silence (1989)
- Director(s):
- Karen Arthur
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This made-for-TV film represented the first speaking role for hearing-impaired actress Marlee Matlin. A happy wife and mother, Matlin is grief-stricken when her husband is killed in a car accident. Still not fully recovered after several weeks, Matlin must rely on her mother Lee Remick to care for her young daughter. Matlin puts her life back together by joining a theatre troupe comprised of deaf actors, one of whose members is played by Phyllis Frelich, who originated the role in the Broadway version of Children of a Lesser God that Marlee Matlin played in the film version (and won an Academy Award in the process). The film's climax is dictated by Lee Remick's efforts to gain full legal custody of Matlin's daughter. Bridge to Silence was first telecast April 9, 1989. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Marlee Matlin - Peggy Lawrence
- Candace Brecker - Mary
- Helen Carscallen - Court Clerk
- Cec Linder - Sam
- Maxine Miller - Saleswoman
- Gerard Parkes - Dr. Block
- Allison Silva - Lisa
- Pat Hamilton - Betty
- Michael Rhodes - Emergency Doctor
- Phyllis Frelich - Amanda
- Claudette Roach - Emergency Nurse
- Anthony Natale - Gentleman Caller
- Lee Remick - Marge
- Tom Butler - Atty. McHally
- Bob Hiltermann - John Warner
- Gino Marrocco - Cab Driver
- Michael O'Keefe - Dan
- Irene Pauzer - ICU Nurse
- Vanessa Vaughan - Nell Lang
- Warren Miller - Tom Wingfield
- Josef Sommer - Al Duffield
- Geordie Johnson - Interpreter
- Djanet Sears - Private Room Nurse
- Graham McPherson - Dr. Whitsett
- Director(s):
- Karen Arthur
- Producer(s):
- Richard Carrothers
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