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A Family Divided (1995)
College swimmer Chad Billingsley is his middle class family's pride and joy. After a moody phase of scared denial, he owns up to father, attorney Roger, that Rosalie Frank, the provocatively dressed waitress who attended his frat's last party and is missing since, had sex with five of them. Roger does his utmost to prevent the potential statutory rape case ruining his son's future, but confides in his moralistic wife, refuge house worker Karen, who instead of supporting the boys haunts them like Rosalie's mother Inez, with multiple tragic results.
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College swimmer Chad Billingsley is his middle class family's pride and joy. After a moody phase of scared denial, he owns up to father, attorney Roger, that Rosalie Frank, the provocatively dressed waitress who attended his frat's last party and is missing since, had sex with five of them. Roger does his utmost to prevent the potential statutory rape case ruining his son's future, but confides in his moralistic wife, refuge house worker Karen, who instead of supporting the boys haunts them like Rosalie's mother Inez, with multiple tragic results.
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Genre:Drama, TV Movie
Written By:Philip Rosenberg
In Theaters:1/22/1995
Box Office:
Runtime:97 minutes
Studio:Citadel Pictures
Cast
Donald Wrye
Director
Faye Dunaway
Karen Billingsley
Stephen Collins
Roger Billingsley
Cameron Bancroft
Chad Billingsley
Judson Mills
Carter
Diane D'Aquila
Inez Frank
Aidan Pendleton
Melissa Billingsley
Don S. Davis
Detective Larson
Michael Shanks
Todd
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Rosalie Frank
Suzy Joachim
Jennifer
Suleka Mathew
Christine
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