Small Sacrifices

Small Sacrifices

What possessed a mother to shoot her helpless children?

1989•2h 39m•7.8/10

DramaTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.8/10(15)

A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.

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EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Farrah Fawcett

Farrah Fawcett

Diane Downs

Ryan O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal

Lew Lewiston

Gordon Clapp

Gordon Clapp

Detective Doug Welch

John Shea

John Shea

Frank Joziak

Emily Perkins

Emily Perkins

Karen Downs

Christopher Caravalho

Robbie Downs

Jayne Eastwood

Jayne Eastwood

Evelyn Slaven

Garry Chalk

Garry Chalk

Boyd Paul Downs

Ken James

Daryl Chapman

Sean McCann

Russell Wells

Garwin Sanford

Garwin Sanford

Matt Jensen (Part 2)

Tom Butler

Tom Butler

Elan Ross Gibson

Elan Ross Gibson

Rosalind Dyring

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