A Private Battle

A Private Battle

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 7, 1980

A dramatization of the story of noted writer/journalist Cornelius Ryan, author of "The Longest Day," and the valiant battle against terminal cancer that led him to write about his ordeal, with the help of his loving wife, while at the same time determined to complete "A Bridge Too Far," which he had spent years researching.

A Private Battle

100 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 7, 1980

A Private Battle
A dramatization of the story of noted writer/journalist Cornelius Ryan, author of "The Longest Day," and the valiant battle against terminal cancer that led him to write about his ordeal, with the help of his loving wife, while at the same time determined to complete "A Bridge Too Far," which he had spent years researching.
Producers PGP Productions, Robert Halmi Inc.
Original title A Private Battle
Directors Robert Michael Lewis
Writers Katie Ryan, Cornelius Ryan, John Gay

Cast

Jack Warden

as Cornelius Ryan

Anne Jackson

as Kathryn Morgan Ryan

David Stockton

as Geoffrey Ryan

Rachael Kelly

as Vicki Ryan

Rebecca Schull

as Anne Bardenhagen

Bill Moor

as Dr. Pat Nelligan

Frederick Rolf

as Dr. Slossy

Robert Elston

as Dr. Whitmore

Jim Boyd

as Dr. Jewett

Peter DeMaio

as Harold Robbins

Millie Velasquez

as Nurse

W.T. Martin

as Staff Physician

Peter Miner

as Woody

Walter Cronkite

as Self

Truman Gaige

as Banquet Speaker

Peter Jeffries

as Hippie Kid