
Picking Up the Pieces
1985-10-22 · 100 min · ★ 5.0
A sheltered wife of a surgeon suddenly finds herself thrust into the middle of a messy divorce.
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- Directors
- Paul Wendkos
- Production companies
- CBS Entertainment Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Margot KidderLynette Harding
David AckroydDr. Eric Harding
Barbara RhoadesDenise
James FarentinoDon Hagan
Joyce Van PattenHarriet Goodman
Herb EdelmanMac Goodman
Ari MeyersStacy Harding
Len BirmanCarew
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