Desperate Lives (1982)
1h 36m
Running Time
March 3, 1982Release Date
Desperate Lives (1982)
1h 36m
Running Time
March 3, 1982Release Date
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Plot.
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
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Cast & Crew.
Diana Scarwid
Eileen Phillips
Doug McKeon
Scott Cameron
Helen Hunt
Sandy Cameron
Art Hindle
Stan
William Windom
Dr. Jarvis
Robert Michael Lewis
Director
Tom Atkins
John Cameron
Lew Hunter
Writer
Norman Alden
Coach
Bruce Broughton
Composer
Tricia Cast
Susan Garber
Joseph F. Biroc
Cinematographer
Sam Bottoms
Ken Baynes
Les Green
Editor
Diane Ladd
Carol Cameron
Michele Greene
Julie Jordan
Terry Alexander
Robert Walsh
Joyce Brothers
Mrs. Watson
Aggie Terry
Cindy
Katherine Kelly Lang
Mary
Jane Milmore
Jane
Grant Cramer
Steve
Susan McClung
Sarah
Ralph Meyering Jr.
Frank Cramer
Gail Oda
Kathy
Jennifer Parsons
Olivia
Michael Lang
Frank
Michele Laurita
Diana
Michael Cummings
Brad Davis
Clayton Rohner
Monte
Glenn-Michael Jones
Al
Mykelti Williamson
Jack
Joey Green
Howard
Curt Ayers
Jesse
Mark Burke
Paramedic
Claudio Martínez
Jerry
Tina Menard
Maid
Viola Kates Stimpson
Grandmother
James Eldert
Cheerleader
Noel Scott
Frisbee Thrower
Reynaldo Duran
Manuel
William Vincent Kulak
2nd Paramedic
Bruce Scivally
Student Outside Principal's Office (uncredited)
Erica Edell Phillips
Costumer
Linda Spheeris
Set Decoration
Edward O. Denault
Production Supervisor
Bud Alper
Production Sound Mixer
Victor Guarnier
Sound Effects Editor
Lew Hunter
Screenplay
John Leveque
Sound Editor
Donald C. Klune
Unit Production Manager
Arthur Fellows
Executive Producer
Hub Braden
Art Direction
John Norin
Makeup Artist
Peggy Shannon
Hairstylist
Irene Mariano
Casting
George Probert
Music Editor
Terry Keegan
Executive Producer
Tom Fairbanks
Property Master
Carla Brand Breitner
Second Assistant Director
Sherry Peterson
Stunts
Lisa Hackett
Production Coordinator
Mitch Ackerman
Production Supervisor
Wolfgang E. Marum
First Assistant Director
Dellasanchez Pollack
Costumer
Bodie Chandler
Music Supervisor
Details.
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Wiki.
Desperate Lives is a 1982 American made-for-television drama film about drug use in a high school. The film has a very strong anti-drug message.