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The Cracker Factory is a american film of genre Drama directed by Burt Brinckerhoff released in USA on 16 march 1979 with Natalie Wood
The Cracker Factory (1995)
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Add to a movie listThe Cracker Factory is an American television movie directed by Burt Brinckerhoff. The teleplay by Richard Shapiro is based on the best-selling 1977 novel by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt. The film was broadcast by ABC on March 16, 1979.
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Alcoholic Cleveland housewife Cassie Barrett is institutionalized in a psychiatric ward after experiencing a nervous breakdown in the supermarket. We learn this is the latest in a series of hospitalizations from which Cassie emerges supposedly in control of her life but actually still teetering on the edge. During this latest stay, she develops a romantic crush on psychiatrist Edwin Alexander and a close relationship with night supervisor Tinkerbell, both of whom help her take steps toward facing her inner demons and learning to live with sobriety.Actors
Natalie Wood
(Cassie Barrett)
Perry King
(Dr. Edwin Alexander)
Shelley Long
(Clara)
Vivian Blaine
(Helen)
Marian Mercer
(Eleanor)
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