Best Kept Secrets

Best Kept Secrets

95 mins | Drama, Thriller | March 26, 1984

Blaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic Forrest), who wants to join a special investigative unit. Forrest is denied this position on the basis of information concerning his wife. The information, which reveals a dicey extramarital affair, was culled from a department surveillance file that was supposed to have been destroyed by court order. Blaise battles through legal channels to expose the police force's illegal actions, even as she and her husband suffer the innuendoes and cold shoulders from his fellow officers.

Best Kept Secrets

95 mins | Drama, Thriller | March 26, 1984

Best Kept Secrets
Blaise Dietz (Patty Duke Astin) plays the wife of police officer Blaise Dietz (Frederic Forrest), who wants to join a special investigative unit. Forrest is denied this position on the basis of information concerning his wife. The information, which reveals a dicey extramarital affair, was culled from a department surveillance file that was supposed to have been destroyed by court order. Blaise battles through legal channels to expose the police force's illegal actions, even as she and her husband suffer the innuendoes and cold shoulders from his fellow officers.
Producers ABC Circle Films, Sarabande Productions
Original title Best Kept Secrets
Directors Rosemary Dorsey, Jerrold Freedman
Writers April Smith

Cast

Patty Duke

as Laura Dietz

Frederic Forrest

as Blaise Dietz

Peter Coyote

as Frank Mitchell

Meg Foster

as Shari Mitchell

Albert Salmi

as Ed Dietz

Miriam Colon

as Ina Dietz

David Clennon

as Rev. Warner

Pepe Serna

as Jim Ramos

Richard Bradford

as Chief Gilmore

Carmen Argenziano

as Lt. Clifford

Pat Petersen

as Ramsey

Amanda Peterson

as Gretchen

Karmin Murcelo

as Marie Ramos

Howard Hesseman

as Jim Osborne

Marie Denn

as Harriet Wade

Peggy Feury

as News Editor

Rose Portillo

as Mrs. Zepeta

Beau Billingslea

as TV Reporter #2

Sid Conrad

as Old Cop #1

Reid Cruickshanks

as Old Cop #2

Deborah Dalton

as TV Reporter #1

Joshua Grenrock

as Young Cop

Mallie Jackson

as Rookie Cop's Wife

Ken Lerner

as Lawyer

Kerry Sherman

as Joyce