Absolute Strangers (1991)
April 14, 1991Release Date
Absolute Strangers (1991)
April 14, 1991Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Henry Winkler
Marty Klein
Richard Kiley
Dr. R.J. Cannon
Karl Malden
Fred Zusselman
Patty Duke
Judge Ray
Audra Lindley
Anne Zusselman
Jennifer Hetrick
Nancy Klein
Jayne Atkinson
Eleanor Barcroft
Doris Belack
Fran
Vasili Bogazianos
Dr. Sears
Ron Frazier
Davis
Steven Gilborn
Dr. Dalton
Tony Jay
Weisfeld
Gilbert Cates
Director
James Karen
Dr. X
Robert Anderson
Writer
Dennis E. Doty
Producer
Mitchell Laurance
Stan
Charles Fox
Composer
Alan Oppenheimer
Stevenson
Mark Irwin
Cinematographer
Nancy Youngblut
Barbara Rice
Millie Moore
Editor
Joel Anderson
Reporter #1
Penny Ellers
CastingDirector
Kirk Baily
Arnie
Adilah Barnes
Nurse Lawson
Peter Boyden
Dr. Paul Syrmopoulos
Lucy Butler
Dr. Ruth Williams
Lynne Cormack
Joan Garner
Pierre Epstein
Dr. Roland Pierson
Richard Fancy
Justice Richard Marino
Alexander Folk
Guard #1
Cassy Friel
Arielle
William Glover
Committee Man
Michael Hampton-Cain
County Policeman
Susan Merson
Dr. Natalie Kay
Jordan Myers
Doctor #1
Loyda Ramos
Committee Woman
Gordana Rashovich
Kay Ford
Ray Reinhardt
Dr. Tim Casey
Sylvia Short
Nice Lady
Deborah Strang
Tracy Jordan
Andrew Walker
Reporter #2
Joseph Whipp
Doctor #2
Dan Ziskie
T.V. Show Host
René Auberjonois
Quinn
LaReine Johnston
Assistant Editor
Eric J. Goldstein
Camera Operator
Pascal Franchot
Dolly Grip
Lisa Monti
Set Decoration
Garet Reilly
Set Costumer
Stephen Wong
First Assistant Camera
Richard A. Mazzochi
Assistant Property Master
Marina Torpin
Makeup Artist / Hairstylist
Tommy Estridge
Property Master
Eric J. Bates
Set Dresser
Neil Holcomb
Best Boy Electric
Austin Goss
Chief Lighting Technician
N. Kristine Chadwick
Makeup Artist / Hairstylist
Dawn Jones
Second Assistant Camera
Richard Lightstone
Sound Mixer
Patrick Regan
Second Second Assistant Director
Barbara Thaxton
Script Supervisor
Darwin Montana Browne
Best Boy Grip
Loren Corl
Key Grip
Andree Juviler
Location Manager
Vicki Niemi
Unit Production Manager
Michael Bernard Anderson
Set Dresser
Evelyn Thompson
Costume Design
Stephen Lofaro
First Assistant Director
Shawn Stone
Grip
Alan Frazier
Electrician
Richard M. Butkus Jr.
Electrician
Thomas Cooney
Electrician
Forrest Williams
Boom Operator
Sharon Rosenberg
Costume Supervisor
Ken Peterson
Transportation Coordinator
Peggy Griffin
Associate Producer
Lisa Smithline
Art Direction
Peter C. Graupner
Second Assistant Director
Ross Dreyer
Set Dresser
Michael D. Crowell
Leadman
Thomas E. Kuntz
Grip
Lazarus Bota
Grip
Pamela Antick
Production Assistant
Marie-Laure Mathieu
Production Assistant
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Absolute Strangers is a 1991 made-for-television CBS docudrama featuring Happy Days star Henry Winkler returning to his first major TV role in eight years.
The screenplay, written by Robert Woodruff Anderson, was based on the true story of a husband's controversial decision to have his wife undergo an abortion to aid her recovery after a head-trauma accident had left her comatose.
The title is taken from the real-life court decision that used the phrase "absolute strangers", itself apparently derived from a courtroom outburst by the husband—to describe two anti-abortion activists, one of whom sued the husband to get custody of the fetus, the other to be appointed guardian of the comatose wife.The impending broadcast of the film spurred anti-abortion activists, including the American Family Association, to try to discourage advertisers from buying time during the show.
These efforts provoked counter-demonstrations,
and campaigns of letter-writing in support of the broadcast from Planned Parenthood, the National Council of Jewish Women, and other groups.The real-life husband, Martin Klein, appeared in a cameo. Henry Winkler played Martin Klein, with his wife Nancy played by Jennifer Hetrick. Others in the cast included Karl Malden as Nancy Klein's father, Patty Duke as the appeals court judge (personally opposed to abortion) in the pivotal court case, and Richard Kiley as a doctor who favors abortion in such cases.The film's director, Gilbert Cates, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy.