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Scandal in a Small Town

1988 · 1h 31m · Drama, TV Movie

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

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.

Cast

• Raquel Welch as Leda Beth Vincent
• Ronny Cox as George Baker
• Frances Lee McCain as Gwendolyn
• Peter Van Norden as Paul Martin
• Mickey Jones as Glenn
• Ernie Lively as Jeremy Travis
• Christa Denton as Julie Vincent
• Julie Hayek as Savannah
• Ray Girardin as Don
• Robin Gammell as Professor Paul Martin
• Arell Blanton as Jud
• Katherine McGrath as Verna

Details

Director

Anthony Page

Released

January 1, 1988

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

Studio

NBC and Mark Carliner Productions

Status

Released

TMDB score

5.5 / 10 from 4 votes