| Universal Pictures, 1983 Directed by Peter Sasdy Music by Charles Calello Produced by Robert R. Weston Adapted from a book written by Harold Robbins |
CAST Pia Zadora as Jerilee Randall Lloyd Bochner as Walter Thornton Bibi Besch as Veronica Randall Jared Martin as George Ballantine Ed Bishop as Dr. Baker |
Jerilee wins an award for creative writing at High school and dreams of a career
as a writer. When she meets Walter Thornton, an famous script writer, she promptly
falls in love with him even though he is a lot older. After writing and publishing
a book she helps her husband with a film, which is when she realises they are not
suited at all.
Jerilee decides to leave Walter and tries to get her own career of the ground.
The story demonstrates in a typical Harold Robbins fashion how a career is made
in Hollywood : it's who you know and how willing a women is to befriend the 'powers
that be' that counts rather than talent.
After winning her high school award Jerilee is assaulted by some of her acquintances.
Ed Bishop is Dr. Baker, the friendly family doctor, who administers a sedative to
the victim and advises her to call in the police - probably the best scene of the
whole movie.
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