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SUDDENLY, LOVE (TV) (1978 USA)

Directed by Stuart Margolin
Starring: Cindy Williams, Paul Shenar, Eileen Heckart
Genres: Drama, Marriage, Period Pieces, Romance
97 minutes | Full screen | Color | English

Suddenly, Love is a tried and true "class conscious" TV movie set in the Manhattan of the 1960s. Cindy Williams stars as a Brooklyn girl who cuts the family strings at age 16 to head for the Big Apple. While studying to be an architect, Williams falls in love with a wealthy Yale law school professor (Paul Shenar). The prof's blueblood mother (Joan Bennett), aware that her son has a bad heart, is convinced that Williams is a fortune-hunter--a conviction that is intensified when the girl has a baby. Eileen Heckart costars as the heroine's earthy mom. Suddenly, Love is also notable for being Drew Barrymore's very first professional acting job, in her role as Bobby, the two year-old Drew played a baby boy.

Suddenly, Love is a tried and true "class conscious" TV movie set in the Manhattan of the 1960s. Cindy Williams stars as a Brooklyn girl who cuts the family strings at age 16 to head for the Big Apple. While studying to be an architect, Williams falls in love with a wealthy Yale law school professor (Paul Shenar). The prof's blueblood mother (Joan Bennett), aware that her son has a bad heart, is convinced that Williams is a fortune-hunter--a conviction that is intensified when the girl has a baby. Eileen Heckart costars as the heroine's earthy mom. Suddenly, Love is also notable for being Drew Barrymore's very first professional acting job, in her role as Bobby, the two-year-old Drew played a baby boy.

SUDDENLY, LOVE (TV) (1978 USA)

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