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The Cracker Factory
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Wikipedia article
'The Cracker Factory' is an American television film directed by Burt Brinckerhoff. The teleplay by Richard Shapiro is based on the best-selling 1977 novel by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt. The film was broadcast by ABC on March 16, 1979.
Synopsis
Alcoholic Cleveland housewife Cassie Barrett is institutionalized in a psychiatric ward after experiencing a nervous breakdown in the supermarket. We learn this is the latest in a series of hospitalizations from which Cassie emerges supposedly in control of her life but actually still teetering on the edge. During this latest stay, she develops a romantic crush on psychiatrist Edwin Alexander and a close relationship with night supervisor Tinkerbell, both of whom help her take steps toward facing her inner demons and learning to live with sobriety.
Principal cast
* Natalie Wood ..... Cassie Barrett
* Perry King ..... Dr. Edwin Alexander
* Shelley Long ..... Cara
* Juliet Mills ..... Tinkerbell
* Peter Haskell ..... Charlie Barrett
* Vivian Blaine ..... Helen
* Marian Mercer ..... Eleanor
Production
Wood was signed in December 1978.Natalie Wood in 'The Cracker Factory'
Los Angeles Times 5 Dec 1978: f17.
See also
List of television films produced for American Broadcasting Company
References
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