Madame X (1981 film)

Madame X
Genre	Drama
Based on	Madame X by Alexandre Bisson
Written by	Edward Anhalt
Directed by	Robert Ellis Miller
Starring	Tuesday Weld Jeremy Brett Len Cariou Eleanor Parker
Music by	Angela Morley
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Paula Levenback Wendy Riche
Cinematography	Woody Omens
Editor	Skip Lusk
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Levenback-Riche Productions Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 16, 1981 (1981-03-16)

Madame X is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film directed by Robert Ellis Miller and starring Tuesday Weld. It is based on the 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848-1912).

Plot

A woman is thrown out of her home by her mother-in-law and sinks into depravity. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her daughter (it was her son in all other versions), who does not know who she is.

Cast

• Tuesday Weld as Holly Richardson
• Jeremy Brett as Dr. Terrence Keith
• Len Cariou as John Abbott
• Martina Deignan as Elizabeth Reeves
• Robert Hooks as Dist. Atty. Roerich
• Eleanor Parker as Katherine Richardson
• Jerry Stiller as Burt Orland
• Robin Strand as Willy Dwyer
• Granville Van Dusen as Clay Richardson
• Norman Bartold as Judge Tom Matlock
• Raleigh Bond as Captain Costa
• Stanley Brock as Arthur Penrose
• Camilla Carr as Kit
• Pola Miller as Bejay Matlock
• Tony Plana as Senor Rueda

See also

• List of American films of 1981
• Madame X

External links

• Madame X at IMDb