Small Sacrifices
What possessed a mother to shoot her helpless children?
1989 · 159 min · ★ 7.9 · Drama, TV Movie
A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.
Directed by David Greene
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Farrah Fawcett Diane Downs -
Ryan O'Neal Lew Lewiston -
Gordon Clapp Detective Doug Welch -
John Shea Frank Joziak -
Emily Perkins Karen Downs - C Christopher Caravalho Robbie Downs
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Jayne Eastwood Evelyn Slaven -
Garry Chalk Boyd Paul Downs - K Ken James Daryl Chapman
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Garwin Sanford Matt Jensen (Part 2) -
Tom Butler
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