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General Details

• Runtime: 100 minutes (US)
• Sound Mix: Mono
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1
• Produced by: Lawrence Schiller Productions
• Distributed by: Worldvision Enterprises Inc.

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Awards

• Nominated for 1982 Golden Globe (USA)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV – Glenda Jackson
    • Lost to East of Eden – Jane Seymour
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV–Dirk Bogarde
    • Lost to Bill – Mickey Rooney
• Nominated for 1982 Primetime Emmy (USA)
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special – Glenda Jackson
    • Lost to A Woman Called Golda – Ingrid Bergman
• Nominated for 1982 Directors Guild of America (USA)
  • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality –Anthony Harvey and Anthony Page
    • Lost to Skokie
• Nominated for 1983 Young Artist Award
  • Best Young Actress in a Movie Made for Television – Sydney Penny
    • Lost to The Faces of Life Goes to Paris – Nancy McKeon

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Cast

Credits order:

• Glenda Jackson as Patricia Neal
• Dirk Bogarde as Roald Dahl
• Ken Kercheval as Dr. Charles Canton
• Jane Merrow as Val Eaton
• John Reilly as Barry Farrell
• Mildred Dunnock as Herself
• Sydney Penny as Tessa Dahl
• Robby Kiger as Theo Dahl
• Priscilla Morrill as Sarah
• James Hayden as Martin Sheen
• Angela Cheyne as Angela
• Edward Bell as Dick Shepherd
• Constance Chapman as Mrs. Bateman
• Jessica Rains as Nurse Jean
• Christopher Murray as Rod
• Pamela Dunlap as Speech Therapist
• Sandy Martin as 1st Woman
• Gabrielle Daye as Mrs. Ingrams
• Tony Rohr as Photographer
• Anna Carteret as 1st Neighbor
• Helen Fraser as 2nd Neighbor
• Edward Jewesbury as Brigadier
• Gillian Martell as Mrs. Johnson
• Robin Soans as Doctor Hawks
• Herbert Clayton Penny as Photographer
• Gloria Stroock as Herself
• John Dorrin as Jack Albertson
• Steve Eastin as Frank Gilroy
• Newell Alexander as Reporter
• James Bacon as Reporter
• Dolores Quinton as Reporter
• June Whitley Taylor as Older Nurse
• Brianne Strauss as Ophelia
• Lisa Carton as Nurse
• Maxine Harris as Nurse
• William J. Ford as Assistant Director
• Nancy Atwood as Nurse

Remaining cast listed alphabetically:

• Michael DeBartolo as Expectant Father
• Rock Hudson as Himself
• Patricia Neal as Herself
• Tim Petritz as Assistant Director

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Crew

• Directors:
  • Anthony Harvey (American sequences)
  • Anthony Page (British sequences)
• Writers: Robert Anderson (teleplay), Barry Farrell (book “Pat and Roald”)
• Cinematography by: Mike Fash and Reynaldo Villalobos
• Art Direction by: Peter Landsdown Smith
• Music by: Laurence Rosenthal
• Film Editing by: Edward M. Abroms and Bernard Gribble
• Produced by: Michael Economou (associate producer), Lawrence Schiller (executive producer), Don Silverman

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