"A father on the brink of suicide. A son racing against time to save him." 07 January 1985 Drama, TV Movie 96 mins
When Gus Stewart's wife announces that she wants to divorce him, he starts thinking about committing suicide. His 14-year-old son Alex notices this and desperately tries to prevent him from doing so and to give his father a reason to live.
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Rick Schroder as Alex Stewart
Peter Fonda as Gus Stewart
Deidre Hall as Delores Stewart
Tracey Gold as Ellen Maynes
Maxine Stuart as Fay Stewart
Carrie Snodgress as Isobel Bennett
Bruce Weitz as Bob Cousins
Peter Jason as Dick Biheller
Jim McKrell as Josh Turner
Rosanna Huffman as Felicia Massey
Matthew Faison as Jack Mayberry
Mark Goddard as Jerry Yusem
Linda Meiklejohn as June Baker
Lee Anthony as Ray
Sands Hall as Aunt Marion
Ray Girardin as Tom Yusem
John McPherson Director of Photography
Robert Lewin Writer
Stephanie Austin Associate Producer
Doreen Bergesen Executive Producer
Robert Lewin Supervising Producer
Robert Papazian Producer
Miles Goodman Original Music Composer
Eric A. Sears Editor
Peter Levin Director
Ernie F. Orsatti Stunt Coordinator
Es lohnt zu leben Trailer
Japan 21 November 1990
United States 07 January 1985
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Trailer from the 1985 made-for-TV movie "A Reason to Live". Ricky Schroder plays a son trying to stop his father (Peter Fonda) from committing suicide. Deidre ...
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01 September 1985
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27 January 1985
Paul Schulte takes a spa stay on the Baltic Sea to have his heart condition treated. His wife Barbara accompanies him and finds interest in the valuable art objects in a nearby church.
01 January 1985
One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology.
01 August 1985
Romantic comedy about a series of mix-ups. Brigitte Kaufmann wants to divorce her husband Jörg who is an engineer and chief executive of an electronics company – and a hopeless pedant.
31 January 1985
Based on a switched identity, in circumstances that are found in real life as well as fiction, this drama tells the story of two soldiers fighting together in World War I.
01 January 1985
The documentary makes a tour through the streets of Bilbao, showing the daily life of the people and their customs.
03 July 1985
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest.
01 April 1985
The film is about a married man who cheats on his wife. Halil, a father of two, lives a happy life with his wife and children.
25 February 1985
At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia.
13 January 1985
This literary film is imbued with the disenchantment of Spanish exiles who left their homes to protest Franco's fascist regime and then returned after its demise to find that democracy had not instilled either ethics or deep motivation in government leaders.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1985 Rastar Productions, Robert Papazian Productions, Rick-Dawn Enterprises.
