The Cracker Factory

The Cracker Factory
Written by	Joyce Burditt (novel) (as Joyce Rebeta-Burditt) Richard Alan Shapiro (as Richard Shapiro)
Directed by	Burt Brinckerhoff
Starring	Natalie Wood
Music by	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origin	USA
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Tony Converse (executive producer) Roger Gimbel (executive producer) John A. Martinelli (associate producer) Richard Alan Shapiro (producer) (as Richard Shapiro)
Cinematography	Michel Hugo
Editor	John A. Martinelli
Running time	100 min.
Production company	EMI Films
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	March 16, 1979

The Cracker Factory is an American television movie directed by Burt Brinckerhoff. The teleplay by Richard Shapiro is based on the best-selling 1977 novel by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt. The film was broadcast by ABC on March 16, 1979.

Synopsis

Alcoholic Cleveland housewife Cassie Barrett is institutionalized in a psychiatric ward after experiencing a nervous breakdown in the supermarket. We learn this is the latest in a series of hospitalizations from which Cassie emerges supposedly in control of her life but actually still teetering on the edge. During this latest stay, she develops a romantic crush on psychiatrist Edwin Alexander and a close relationship with night supervisor Tinkerbell, both of whom help her take steps toward facing her inner demons and learning to live with sobriety.

Principal cast

• Natalie Wood ..... Cassie Barrett
• Perry King ..... Dr. Edwin Alexander
• Shelley Long ..... Clara
• Juliet Mills ..... Tinkerbell
• Peter Haskell ..... Charlie Barrett
• Vivian Blaine ..... Helen
• Marian Mercer ..... Eleanor

Principal production credits

• Executive Producers ..... Roger Gimbel, Tony Converse
• Original Music ..... Billy Goldenberg
• Cinematography ..... Michel Hugo
• Art Direction ..... Alexander A. Mayer

See also

List of television films produced for American Broadcasting Company

External links

• The Cracker Factory at the Internet Movie Database