Acting
Bernadette Peters delivers devastation in mom jeans.
Direction
Erman stages the fire sequence with unflinching restraint.
Director
John Erman
Bernadette Peters
Marie Rothenberg
John Glover
Charles Rothenberg
Dan Lauria
John
George Grizzard
Dr. Achauer
Christopher Allport
Terry
Georgann Johnson
Loraine
Jordan Charney
Judge
Matthew Lawrence
David Rothenberg
Cheryl Anderson
Dee Fraser
Jack Rader
Dick Hafdahl
Lisa Blake Richards
Judy Curtis
Barbara Tarbuck
Sue Martinez
Caryn Ward
Jennifer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real David Rothenberg later worked as a jazz musician under the name Dave Dave; he died in 2018.
This was peak 'disease-of-the-week' TV movie era, when networks competed to traumatize viewers with true stories.
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