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L'obsession de Sarah Hardy

Original title: The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
  • TV Movie
  • 1989
  • TV-14
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
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L'obsession de Sarah Hardy (1989)
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

A woman's husband and his lover try to drive her mad at their seaside mansion.A woman's husband and his lover try to drive her mad at their seaside mansion.A woman's husband and his lover try to drive her mad at their seaside mansion.

  • Director
    • Jerry London
  • Writers
    • Jim Flanagan
    • Thomas Baum
  • Stars
    • Sela Ward
    • Michael Woods
    • Roscoe Born
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    491
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jerry London
    • Writers
      • Jim Flanagan
      • Thomas Baum
    • Stars
      • Sela Ward
      • Michael Woods
      • Roscoe Born
    • 16User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Sela Ward
    Sela Ward
    • Sarah Hardy
    Michael Woods
    Michael Woods
    • Austin Hardy
    Roscoe Born
    Roscoe Born
    • Allen deVineyn
    Polly Bergen
    Polly Bergen
    • Emily Stepford
    Morgan Fairchild
    Morgan Fairchild
    • Lucy
    Charles Bernard
    • Uncle Neddy
    Vana O'Brien
    • Aunt Caroline
    Janet Penner
    • Sarah's Mother
    Steven Clark Pachosa
    • Shingler
    Bethany Ward
    • Young Sarah
    Joseph Cronin
    Joseph Cronin
    • Burton McMahon
    Dawn Prociv
    • Young Lucy
    Jeff Williams
    • Young Alan
    Mitzi Ellis
    • Nan Claiborne
    Rod Pilloud
    Rod Pilloud
    • Biff Claiborne
    Tom Enyart
    • Neurologist
    Peggy West
    • Maid
    Russ Fast
    • Patrolman #1
    • Director
      • Jerry London
    • Writers
      • Jim Flanagan
      • Thomas Baum
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    yosef88

    Confusing conclusion.

    Initially interesting movie with a plot that held promise. Sela Ward's performance was better than what audiences have come to expect in television movies. The build up of suspense started with increasing expectancy. I felt that the ending was anti-climatic and sputtered into confusion. I give 3 stars out of 10.
    8mellanoir

    Agree With Michael Woods Comments!

    I enjoyed this movie! I didn't know what to expect. Morgan Fairchild & Sela Ward are always excellent. Polly Bergen is just so very talented. Such wonderful acting! The actors were all well cast. Watching Michael Woods was definitely swoon inducing! He has been in many films with major leading ladies: Diane Lane, Sharon Stone, Jane Seymour, Jaclyn Smith... just to name a few! I believe he has starred in another movie with Morgan Fairchild before. I also remember seeing him on Oprah when he starred on Private Eye with Josh Brolin. A very handsome & talented actor, indeed. I think I should go refresh myself and watch a few more of his films.
    1Tera-Jones

    YAWN! Not a Ghost Story

    I like Morgan Fairchild and Selea Ward but this is a terrible film. The film brings nothing new to the table - it's your basic thing: Rich woman, her husband and his lover - the husband and lover wants to drive her to suicide and take "all that money" (as they say). Nothing new - YAWN!

    1/10
    1amanduh_huginkiss

    I love Sela Ward, but this was terrible.

    I love Sela Ward, so I watched this movie when it aired on TV last night, and at first it seemed like a campy thriller. It quickly turns into a "Lifetime Original Movie." I thought Sela's acting was terrible, which surprised me. Morgan Fairchild is pretty enough but can't hold a candle to Sela, and the man playing the husband (who I didn't recognize from anything before or since 1989) doesn't help the movie at all. I think it would have been saved by better writing in the latter half and better direction. It starts promisingly and goes downhill fast. It's dated, boring, predictable and the ending itself made me wish I hadn't even wasted two hours. Save yourself and skip this one.. It's too late for me.
    godess_in_the_making

    The End?

    I thought the movie was very good. Thrilling. It had me literaly on the edge of my seat. But the ending was rather confusing. When it was over I said "Right, so they end it." I think they should have made a sequel.

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    • Trivia
      A TV movie made for the USA Network. Before that, however, it was originally intended to air on CBS.
    • Goofs
      When Sarah seems to catch Miss Thetford off guard, who is in Austin's study making a telephone call, Miss Thetford explains that she was making a long-distance call to her sister who lives in Grand Rapids. She explains this to Sarah as if the two had just met. Later, while Austin's reviewing the charges on their telephone bill, he asks Sarah who lives in Grand Rapids. She acts as though she has no idea. If she had known Miss Thetford her entire life, she must know where her immediate relatives reside.

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    • Release date
      • May 31, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
    • Filming locations
      • Pittock Mansion - 3229 NW Pittock Drive, Portland, Oregon, USA
    • Production companies
      • Millenium Pictures
      • Wilshire Court Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 32m(92 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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