A woman, who had left home 20 years previously under acrimonious circumstances, finds out that she is terminally ill. She returns home and tries to rebuild her relationship with her embittered mother before she dies.
Acting
Davis and Rowlands doing career-best work in a living room.
Direction
Katselas lets silence do the screaming.
Writing
Every line a small wound, carefully placed.
Director
Milton Katselas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Bette Davis's first TV movie after decades of fighting the medium; she reportedly called it 'the best work I'd done in years.'
Shot on the same CBS soundstage where Davis filmed her first screen test in 1930—full circle in the most devastating way.
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