The Lady from Yesterday

The Lady from Yesterday
Genre	Drama
Written by	Tim Maschler Ken Pettus
Directed by	Robert Day
Starring	Wayne Rogers Bonnie Bedelia
Music by	Mark Snow
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Barry J. Weitz
Producer	William J. Hole Jr.
Production location	Houston
Cinematography	R. Michael Stringer
Editor	Ira Heymann
Running time	120 min.
Production companies	Comworld Productions Hearst Entertainment Productions Houston Lady Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	May 14, 1985 (1985-05-14)

The Lady from Yesterday is a 1985 American made-for-television drama film directed by Robert Day and starring Wayne Rogers and Bonnie Bedelia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Plot

A man who has a wife and two daughters has everything he ever wanted: money, power and a great career. But then one day, his life turned upside down when a woman he had an affair with and has never seen since his army days in Vietnam showed up. She called him and asked him to caretake her son due to the fact that she is dying. Now he's risking & fighting for everything just to convince his current family & boss to take him in.

Cast

• Wayne Rogers as Craig Weston
• Bonnie Bedelia as Janet Weston
• Pat Hingle as Jim Bartlett
• Barrie Youngfellow as Rita Bartlett
• Blue Deckert as Sam Horton
• Bryan Price as Quan
• Tina Chen as Lien
• Ruth Kobart as Ida
• Paul Menzel as Howard Ames
• Nicole Benton as Kimberly Weston
• KaRan Neff Reed as Abby Weston
• Beulah Quo as Mai Ling Luong

References

1. Devine, Jeremy M. (1999). Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: A Critical and Thematic Analysis of Over 400 Films about the Vietnam War. University of Texas Press, 1999. ISBN   029271601X.
2. O'Connor, John J. (May 14, 1985). "TV reviews: 'The Lady from Yesterday' to be broadcast on CBS". The New York Times . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
3. Scott, Tony (May 22, 1985). "The Lady from Yesterday". Variety (319). p. 59, 66.
4. Anderson, Jon (May 14, 1985). "‘Lady from Yesterday’ is rescued by its cast". Chicago Tribune: Tempo . p. 5.

External links

• The Lady from Yesterday at IMDb