Summary Numbed by career demands and a recent divorce, Dr. Alexandra Kendall (Marsha Mason) hides behind a hard shell of professional detachment, until she treats Buffy Koenig (Kathleen Beller), a dying 17-year-old cancer patient who reawakens Kendall to life's possibilities. Soon the courageous girl's condition takes a downturn, and the physician must carefully, even agonizingly, weigh the consequences of keeping a promise she made to Buffy. View more details
Directed : Jerome Hellman
Written : Loring Mandel
Stars : Ned Beatty Susan Clark Michael Brandon Marsha Mason
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 2, 1980
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Production companies : Orion Pictures Jerome Hellman Productions
Summary Numbed by career demands and a recent divorce, Dr. Alexandra Kendall (Marsha Mason) hides behind a hard shell of professional detachment, until she treats Buffy Koenig (Kathleen Beller), a dying 17-year-old cancer patient who reawakens Kendall to life's possibilities. Soon the courageous girl's condition takes a downturn, and the physician must carefully, even agonizingly, weigh the consequences of keeping a promise she made to Buffy. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 2, 1980
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Production companies : Orion Pictures Jerome Hellman Productions
