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Julie RitterLinda Bond, Tom Butler, Gary Chalk, Gordon Clapp, Farrah Fawcett ... see more see more... , Ken James , Sean McCann , Maxine Miller , Ryan O'Neal , Bob Roitblat , John Shea , Emily Perkins

Based on the factual book by Ann Rule, Small Sacrifices was original telecast in two parts. Farrah Fawcett continues to successfully obliterate the Charlie's Angels onus in the role of real-life US po... read more read more...stal worker Diane Downs. Part One of the film was set in Willamete Valley, Oregon, in 1983. Mrs. Downs drives her three children to the local hospital's emergency entrance: one child is already dead, and the other two have been seriously wounded. Diane claims that the killer was a man who'd tried to steal her car. But in Part Two, prosecutor John Shea rips apart Diane's story in court. What comes to surface is a tawdry tale of a neurotic, narcissistic woman who is pushed over the edge when spurned by her lover (played by Ms. Fawcett's offscreen companion Ryan O'Neal). As difficult as Small Sacrifices was to watch during its initial telecast in November 1989, it has since been rendered doubly disturbing by the more recent tragic events surrounding South Carolina housewife Susan Smith. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 2 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: David Greene

Release Date: November 12, 1989

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  • PinkMinkPrincess
    June 21, 2011
    PinkMinkPrincess
    Underrated Movie , worth the look.Another Role Farrah rocked , proving that she was more than just that Gorgeous Face. A true story about a Woman on trial for Murdering her 3 Children in the Hopes that her Lover will be happier with her without her children.It was painfully hard ... read moreto watch at times, but very good.

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