A Last Cry for Help

A Last Cry for Help

Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 19, 1979

Sharon appears to be a normal 17-year-old girl with good grades, many friends, and a wonderful personality - hardly someone you think would be considering suicide. But her home life is constrained by the pressures and expectations of her parents. She slowly spirals downward, her mother at one point telling her that she has no business being unhappy. So, she gulps down a bottle of sleeping pills. She is saved, but for how long?

A Last Cry for Help

Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 19, 1979

A Last Cry for Help
Sharon appears to be a normal 17-year-old girl with good grades, many friends, and a wonderful personality - hardly someone you think would be considering suicide. But her home life is constrained by the pressures and expectations of her parents. She slowly spirals downward, her mother at one point telling her that she has no business being unhappy. So, she gulps down a bottle of sleeping pills. She is saved, but for how long?
Producers Viacom Productions, Myrt-Hal Productions
Original title A Last Cry for Help
Directors Ernie Santell, Mary Ann Newfield, Hal Sitowitz, Jack Aldworth
Writers Hal Sitowitz