"The true story of Terry Jean Moore, a young woman who is imprisoned for seven years on account of a "five-dollar" robbery. While in prison, she gets pregnant by a jailer and must fight to keep her child."
Amy Madigan
as Terry Jean Moore
Beau Bridges
as Jack Hansen
Mackenzie Phillips
as J.J.
Albert Salmi
as Capt. Ellis
Joanna Merlin
as Mrs. Sturgis
Margaret Whitton
as Jacki Steinberg
Lewis Smith
as Jesse Chaney
Dennis Lipscomb
as Arthur Brady
Anna Maria Horsford
as Mara
Michael Shane
as Judge Hare
Randy Lowell
as Striker
Rhea Perlman
as June Burns
Luis Ávalos
as Tony
Richard Liberty
as Police Officer
Patrick Sullivan
as Police Officer #2
Juanita Mahone
as Cecily
Richard Whiting
as Judge Weston
Mary McCusker
as Jeanette
Jody Wilson
as Sergeant Benson
William Leonard
as Judge Powell
Madeline Kiggins
as Guard
Matthew Peerce
as Boy in Car
Dara Murphy
as Nancy
Candy Trabuco
as Vanessa
Sarah Zinsser
as Sarah
Cheryl King
as Van Inmate
Pat Mann
as Correctional Officer Parker
Shaunery Stevens
as Jack's Son
John Archie
as Jail Guard
Ellen Beck
as Rabbit
Susan Batson
as Brenda
Pat Williams
as Lida (as Patricia Williams)
Carolle Rousseau
as Evelyn (as Carole Russo)
Jill-Rene Weissman
as Stefanie
Terry Jean Moore
as Amy
Zelda Patterson
as Other Girl
Richard Hunsinger
as Correctional Officer
Carol Chaput
as County Jail Guard
Al Kiggins
Raymond Peters
Annette Foosaner
as Woman in Yard
Norma Davids
as Bonnie
Ronne Mickey
as Faith
Tame Connolly
as Norma
Lisa Carole May
as Vicki
Lynn Latham
as Claudia
Sterling Swanson
as Officer
Thomas Monahan
as B.C.I. Officer
Alan Minor
Renata Hickey
as Inmate (uncredited)
Larry Peerce
Director
Anne Gerard
Screenplay
Carly Simon
Songs
Paul Maslansky
Producer
Katherine Specktor
Charles Fox
Original Music Composer
James Pergola
Director of Photography