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Desperate Lives

Desperate Lives1982

★6.596 minDramaTV Movie

A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.

Director

Robert Michael Lewis

Writer

Score

Bruce Broughton

Stars

Diana Scarwid Doug McKeon Helen Hunt

Cast38

Diana Scarwid
as Eileen Phillips
Doug McKeon
as Scott Cameron
Helen Hunt
as Sandy Cameron
William Windom
as Dr. Jarvis
Art Hindle
as Stan
Tom Atkins
as John Cameron
Norman Alden
as Coach
Tricia Cast
as Susan Garber
Sam Bottoms
as Ken Baynes
Diane Ladd
as Carol Cameron
Michele Greene
as Julie Jordan
Terry Alexander
as Robert Walsh
Joyce Brothers
as Mrs. Watson
A
Aggie Terry
as Cindy
Katherine Kelly Lang
as Mary
Jane Milmore
as Jane
Grant Cramer
as Steve
S
Susan McClung
as Sarah
R
Ralph Meyering Jr.
as Frank Cramer
G
Gail Oda
as Kathy
Jennifer Parsons
as Olivia
M
Michael Lang
as Frank
M
Michele Laurita
as Diana
Michael Cummings
as Brad Davis
Clayton Rohner
as Monte
G
Glenn-Michael Jones
as Al
Mykelti Williamson
as Jack
Joey Green
as Howard
C
Curt Ayers
as Jesse
M
Mark Burke
as Paramedic
C
Claudio Martínez
as Jerry
T
Tina Menard
as Maid
Viola Kates Stimpson
as Grandmother
J
James Eldert
as Cheerleader
Noel Scott
as Frisbee Thrower
R
Reynaldo Duran
as Manuel
W
William Vincent Kulak
as 2nd Paramedic
B
Bruce Scivally
as Student Outside Principal's Office (uncredited)

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