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Elizabeth Montgomery wakes up 20 years older but everyone else moved on without her.

Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985)

melodramatic time-capsuleforgotten TV gemsoap opera sincerity

Overview

A 17-year-old girl lapses into a coma and wakes up 20 years later.

Content warning

Standout Aspects

Acting

Montgomery sells the impossible: adult woman playing 17-year-old mind in 37-year-old body.

Production

Incredible period detail showing 1965 vs. 1985 visual evolution.

Best for:Solo: Rainy afternoon when you need a good cathartic ugly-cry.·Rewatch: Spotting every dated reference and Montgomery's subtle performance shifts.

Heads up:Emotional: Heavy grief over lost youth, abandoned dreams, and a dead fiancé.·Disturbing: Medical consent issues around coma patient's bodily autonomy.

Director

Peter Levin

ReleasedDec 23, 1985

Runtime2h

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Top Cast

Elizabeth Montgomery

Abigail Foster

James Naughton

Jack Parrish

Karen Grassle

Ellen Foster Holland

Michael Goodwin

David Holland

Robin Gammell

Dr. Langtry

Marcia Rodd

Lilly

Dorothy McGuire

Beryl Foster

Robert DoQui

Principal

Sam Kwasman

Arthur

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Cultural

This aired during Montgomery's post-Bewitched 'serious actress' era, part of her deliberate image pivot toward dramatic roles that TV audiences resisted accepting.

Trivia

The 1965 prologue was filmed with Montgomery in actual vintage costumes from the Bewitched wardrobe department — her own TV history haunting the frame.

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