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Scandal in a Small Town (1988)

Scandal in a Small Town (1988)

Drama TV Movie

She's in for the fight of her life, against her own shameless past.

Release Date: 1988, January 1
Directors: Anthony Page
Countries: United States of America
Production: NBC, NBC, Mark Carliner Productions, Mark Carliner Productions
Cast: Frances Lee McCain, Jean Sincere, Peter Palmer, Ronny Cox, Mickey Jones, Robin Gammell, Madison Mason, Raquel Welch, Julie Hayek, Laurence Haddon, Ernie Lively, Jeremy Applegate

Overview:

Leda Beth Vincent lives in the small town of Shiloh and works as a cocktail waitress there. She is not too well thought of as she is nothing of a blushing virgin. But she is far from a whore and brings up her daughter Julie, a high school student, as a loving responsible mother. So, when she becomes aware that Julie's very popular history teacher, Mr Baker, spreads antisemitic ideas among his pupils, Leda Beth decides to ask Mr Baker for an explanation. But she comes up against a wall. Nobody in town - Julie less than all others - wants to support her and it looks as if she will have to bring the Board of Education to court. The trouble is that a school dropout and a tramp of her kind does not count for much compared to the holders of knowledge and of morality.

Keywords:

single mother small town teacher courtroom cocktail waitress