Pleasures

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Pleasures
GenreDrama
Written by Jill Gordon
Directed by Sharron Miller
Starring Joanna Cassidy
Barry Bostwick
Linda Purl
Rick Moses
Tracy Nelson
Theme music composer Lee Holdridge
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers Gregory Harrison
Franklin R. Levy
Matthew Rushton
Producers Jon C. Andersen
Peter Katz
Production locations Cozumel
Los Angeles
Malibu, California
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Cinematography Fred Koenekamp (credited as Fred J. Koenekamp)
Editors Richard Bracken
Art Stafford
Running time96 min.
Production companies The Catalina Production Group
Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseMarch 31, 1986 (1986-03-31)

Pleasures is a two-hour 1986 American television film written by Jill Gordon and directed by Sharron Miller. Its cast includes Joanna Cassidy, Barry Bostwick, Linda Purl, Rick Moses and Tracy Nelson.

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Plot

Three related women have summer romances in this drama. The first has recently been deserted by her husband. When an old college beau shows up, sparks fly. Meanwhile her sister is wrestling with a rock star. And finally her daughter goes abroad and gets involved with a non-English speaking young man.

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