A dramatization of the life of the founder of Los Angeles's first alcoholic recovery center for women, Beatrice O'Reilly.
Acting
Burnett's devastating dramatic turn nobody expected.
Writing
Real women's stories, not sanitized for TV.
Direction
Johnson's steady hand lets pain breathe.
Director
Lamont Johnson
Carol Burnett
Beatrice O'Reilly
Lloyd Bridges
Johnny O'Reilly
Marian Mercer
Rita
Geoffrey Lewis
Captain Charley Rawlins
Conchata Ferrell
Captain Burnsite
Gail Strickland
Abbie
Rose Arrick
Kay
Sarina C. Grant
Mary Lou Brown
Tom Bower
Tom
Ford Rainey
Beatrice's Father
Fran Ryan
Beatrice's Mother
Macon McCalman
Dr. Samuels
Anne Seymour
Mrs. Cunningham
Eve McVeagh
Mrs. Rugolo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired during a brief 1980s window when networks greenlit serious TV movies about addiction, before the 'disease of the week' backlash killed the genre.
The real Beatrice O'Reilly's House of Hope still operates in LA; Burnett visited incognito before filming and reportedly sobbed through the entire tour.
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