The character played by Joanna Pettet in this film is a nun by career but keeps that a secret when she works as a parole officer helping young girls. One of them strikes her interest as she goes out of her way to help her deal with various problems, including drug addiction and prostitution, and that puts her at odds with her convent. Pettet seems far too young for her role as she is barely older than her clients, quite attractive when wearing lay clothes, and it's obvious that she's conflicted whether or not she wants to stay in the order especially as her problems on the outside increase which includes interest by the men she meets who have no idea that she's given her life to God.
A noble TV movie of the week, there are good performances in supporting roles by Vic Morrow, James Gregory, Anne Sothern and Beverly Garland, but the movie never seems to have a clear direction in which it is going. Being well meaning doesn't always work, and I never really felt engaged or convinced with what was going on. Look for "Happy Days" mom, Marian Ross in a small part, with Tina Andrews as the pretty young black girl seen briefly as Pettet's first client. Kay Lenz as the troubled drug addict and occasional prostitute failed to draw me in though, being the weak element in the film.
A noble TV movie of the week, there are good performances in supporting roles by Vic Morrow, James Gregory, Anne Sothern and Beverly Garland, but the movie never seems to have a clear direction in which it is going. Being well meaning doesn't always work, and I never really felt engaged or convinced with what was going on. Look for "Happy Days" mom, Marian Ross in a small part, with Tina Andrews as the pretty young black girl seen briefly as Pettet's first client. Kay Lenz as the troubled drug addict and occasional prostitute failed to draw me in though, being the weak element in the film.