100 minutes
5/21/1985
Barbara Wyatt-Hollis is an English professor who begins to experience the effects of Alzheimer's. The film documents her decline and the emotional turmoil it causes for her. It also shows how the changes impact her husband, George, and their children. The film also looks at the process by which families can be educated and supported to deal with the impact of the disease, as well as what is done for those afflicted.
Joanne Woodward
as Barbara Wyatt-Hollis
Richard Kiley
as George Hollis
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Lorraine Wyatt
Jim Metzler
as Tom Hollis
Jordan Charney
as Marvin Langdon
Jerry Hardin
as Dave McDonough
Marilyn Jones
as Helen Hollis
Caroline Lagerfelt
as Liz Shaw
Charles Levin
as Dr. Raymond Sawyer
Craig Richard Nelson
as Richard Vogt
Ron Rifkin
as Gerry Kaplan
Duncan Ross
Rose Gregorio
as Betty Marcus
Susan Ruttan
as Julie
Sue Giosa
as Lupe
Belita Moreno
as Social Worker
Bill Henderson
as Wendell
S. Pearl Sharp
as First Mother (as Saundra Sharp)
Terry Wills
as Man Jogger
Caroline Field
as Woman Jogger
Andrea Barber
as Jennifer
Judith Barsi
as Kathleen
Joseph Brutsman
as Grad Student
Sally Brown
as Grad Student (as Sally R. Brown)
Marilyn Bradfield
as Nurse
Herb Mitchell
as Mailman
Lee Garlington
as Second Mother
Oceana Marr
as Receptionist
Adele Gilbert
as Woman Patient
Dorothy Meyer
as Social Director
Hugo Stranger
as Mr. Schulman
Pat Crawford Brown
as Woman
Connie Sawyer
as Joan
Elizabeth Hoffman
as Lila
Margaret Muse
as Margaret
Richard Kuller
as Emcee
Cynthia Lea Clark
as Lady at Table (uncredited)
Kimberly Spak
as Girl in the Park (uncredited)