Henry Soames owns a rural diner, and has befriended Willard Freud and Callie Wells. One day Willard and Callie get the news that Callie is pregnant, and Willard splits. Henry takes in Callie, and helps her through the pregnancy. They fall in love and get married. All is going well until Willard is back from the road and wants the baby.
Acting
Langenkamp proves she can do more than survive Freddy.
Production
Gritty rural authenticity on clearly limited budget.
Director
Drew Denbaum
Michael Cole
Henry Soames
Heather Langenkamp
Callie Wells
Patrick Cassidy
Willard Freund
Brian Kerwin
George
Ed Lauter
W.D. Freund
Grace Zabriskie
Ellie Wells
Don Beddoe
Doc Cathey
Cotter Smith
Trucker
E.J. André
Kuzitski
Harry Northup
Frank
Julia Montgomery
Delivery Nurse
Liz Sheridan
Reception Nurse
Peter Hobbs
Dr. Costard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Heather Langenkamp's immediate follow-up to A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), her deliberate attempt to avoid horror typecasting.
Based on John Gardner's 1973 novel, the film strips away Gardner's philosophical density for pure emotional melodrama—critics were not kind.
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