Spearfield's Daughter (1986)
- Directed by
- Gilbert M. Shilton
- Genre
- drama, tv movie
- Country
- United States
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
In the 1980s, a young woman tries to become a journalist in a male-dominated media world. She faces sexism and struggles to prove herself while dealing with family and high-profile figures.
ambitiousfrustratingdeterminedperiodserioussteadyearnesttense
What happens
Spearfield's Daughter is an Australian-Canadian television miniseries, directed by Gilbert Shilton and released in 1986. Adapted from Jon Cleary's 1982 novel Spearfield's Daughter, the series stars Kim Braden as Cleo Spearfield, a woman attempting to make a name for herself as a journalist in the still largely-sexist world of media. The cast also includes Chris Wiggins as Cleo's father Sylvester, Christopher Plummer as British aristocrat Lord Jack Cruze, and Nancy Marchand as newspaper publisher Claudine Roux, as well as Steve Railsback, Céline Lomez, Bronwen Mantel, John Novak, Ross Petty, Michael Sinelnikoff, Jill Frappier, Anthony Sherwood, Richard Carter, Walter Massey, Ron Lea, Jack Creley, Jack Duffy, Vlasta Vrána and Stephanie Morgenstern in supporting roles. The series was broadcast by Global Television Network in Canada in May 1986, and by Seven Network in Australia in August. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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