Promises in the Dark (1980)

Numbed by career demands and a recent divorce, Dr. Alexandra Kendall (Marsha Mason) hides behind a hard shell of professional detachment, until she treats Buffy Koenig (Kathleen Beller), a dying 17-year-old cancer patient who reawakens Kendall to life's possibilities. Soon the courageous girl's condition takes a downturn, and the physician must carefully, even agonizi... Read all

Director: Jerome Hellman

Cast: Marsha Mason, Ned Beatty, Susan Clark, Michael Brandon, Kathleen Beller, Paul Clemens, Donald Moffat, Philip Sterling, Bonnie Bartlett, James Noble, Arthur Rosenberg, Peggy McCay, Robert Doran, Lenora May, Alexandra Johnson, Fran Bennett, Eloise Hardt, Bernie Kuby