Melanie
6.6
“She had to fight for what most women take for granted”
A backwoods, illiterate young woman from Arkansas battles to regain custody of her son from her estranged husband who feels she is an unfit mother. In the process, she falls in love with a struggling musician who helps her cause.
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Cast
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Glynnis O'Connor
Melanie Daniel
Known for
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Johnny Dangerously
Paul Sorvino
Walter
Known for
GoodFellas
Godfather of Harlem
Michael Green
Also in
A Christmas Carol
Rex Bromfield
Gerry Arbeid
Burton Cummings
Rick
Also in
Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings: First Time Around
Peter R. Simpson
Richard Paluck
Don Johnson
Carl
Known for
Watchmen
Knives Out
Robert Guza Jr.
Richard Simpson
Donann Cavin
Ginny
Also in
Circle of Two
Search and Rescue
Rex Bromfield Director · Richard Paluck Screenplay Robert Guza Jr. Screenplay
United States release February 12, 1982 · Produced in Canada
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original language
English
Release dates
United States · February 12, 1982
Theatrical
Canada
February 19, 1982 · Theatrical
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