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If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

Changing times, intimate decisions, and the four walls that hold their secrets.

19966.61h 37m

Overview

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.

Directed by Nancy Savoca
Written by Earl W. Wallace, Nancy Savoca, I. Marlene King
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Top Cast

Demi Moore

Demi Moore

Claire Donnelly

Sissy Spacek

Sissy Spacek

Barbara Barrows

Cher

Cher

Dr. Beth Thompson

Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Mary Donnelly

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener

Becky

Jason London

Jason London

Kevin Donnelly

CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Jenny Ford

Kevin Cooney

Kevin Cooney

Dr. Kramer

Robin Gammell

Robin Gammell

Jim Donnelly

Phyllis Lyons

Phyllis Lyons

Audrey

Themes & Keywords

nursehomicide1970spregnancypro-life protestersgunshotmultiple storylineswoman directorhemorrhageabortion1950s1990sabortion clinicunplanned pregnancyillegal abortiondramatictragic

About If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk is a tv movie, drama film released in 1996 exploring themes of nurse, homicide, 1970s, pregnancy, pro-life protesters, gunshot. Directed by Nancy Savoca, it stars Demi Moore, Sissy Spacek, Cher. A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.

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