Choices of the Heart (1983)
Jeannie Donovan, a party-girl searching for that something missing in her life, finds it in El Salvador, hooking up with three nuns and a heartful of ache, love, and horror in the midst of a civil war. This is a true story of the four American churchwomen murdered in the Central American countryside, and the indifference of the American government to their sad and desperate story.
Director: Joseph Sargent
https://johnpielmeier.com/film-and-television/television/choices-of-the-heart
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Melissa Gilbert as Jean Donovan |
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Peter Horton as Doug |
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Helen Hunt as Cathy |
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Mary McCusker as Sister Maura Clarke |
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Mari Gorman as Sister Ita Ford |
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Pamela Bellwood as Sister Dorothy Kazel |
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Patrick Cassidy as Patrick |
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René Enríquez as Archbishop Romero |
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Mike Farrell as Ambassador Robert E. White |
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Martin Sheen as Father Philan |
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Demián Bichir as Armando |
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Enrique Lucero as Colonel Rojas |
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Delores Devine as Gwen |
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George Belanger as Father Rich |
| Production | Ana Carrigan | Associate Producer |
| Production | Alan David | Associate Producer |
| Production | Sandy Gallin | Executive Producer |
| Production | John Houseman | Executive Producer |
| Production | Raymond Katz | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Joseph Sargent | Director |
| Writing | John Pielmeier | Writer |
| Production | David W. Rintels | Producer |
| Production | Joseph Sargent | Producer |
| Sound | John Rubinstein | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jorge Stahl Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Editing | George Jay Nicholson | Editor |