Desperate Lives
5.8
“Who's killing young kids with drugs and crime?”
A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.
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Cast
42 people
Diana Scarwid
Eileen Phillips
Known for
What Lies Beneath
Psycho III
Doug McKeon
Scott Cameron
Known for
Mischief
On Golden Pond
Robert Michael Lewis
Lew Hunter
Arthur Fellows
Helen Hunt
Sandy Cameron
Known for
Cast Away
Twister
William Windom
Dr. Jarvis
Known for
Murder, She Wrote
Sonic the Hedgehog
Terry Keegan
Art Hindle
Stan
Known for
The Void
The Brood
Tom Atkins
John Cameron
Known for
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
The Fog
Norman Alden
Coach
Known for
The Sword in the Stone
The All-New Super Friends Hour
Tricia Cast
Susan Garber
Known for
The Young and the Restless
Robert Michael Lewis Director · Lew Hunter Screenplay Bruce Broughton Composer
United States release March 3, 1982 · Produced in United States · Production Lorimar Productions
Production
Fellows-Keegan Company
Production
Lorimar Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 3, 1982
TV · CBS
Norway
January 1, 1984 · video premiere
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