Clara's Heart
“Clara's wisdom. Clara's warmth. Clara's secret.”
David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper. She and David develop a close bond, opening his eyes and heart to new experiences, and eventually leading to a disturbing secret in Clara's past.
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Cast
11 people
Whoopi Goldberg
Clara Mayfield
Known for
Sister Act
Ghost
Michael Ontkean
Bill Hart
Known for
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Kathleen Quinlan
Leona Hart
Known for
Event Horizon
Apollo 13
Neil Patrick Harris
David Hart
Known for
How I Met Your Mother
Gone Girl
Spalding Gray
Peter Epstein
Known for
Kate & Leopold
The Killing Fields
Jason Downs
Alan Lipsky
Known for
Hairspray
Hattie Winston
Blanche Loudon
Known for
Jackie Brown
Becker
Beverly Todd
Dora Cambridge
Known for
The Bucket List
Lean On Me
Maria Broom
Felicia
Known for
The Wire
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Frederick Strother
Bundy
Known for
The Wire
Angel Harper
Rita
Known for
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Robert Mulligan Director · Mark Medoff Screenplay Joseph Olshan Author
Worldwide gross $5.2M · United States release October 7, 1988 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,194,491
Production
MTM Enterprises
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 7, 1988
Theatrical
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