''Sweet Dreams'' is a 1996 television film directed by
Jack Bender
Jack Bender (born September 25, 1949) is an American television and film director, television producer and former actor best known for his work as a director on ''Lost'', ''The Sopranos'' and '' Game of Thrones''.
Biography
Bender grew up in ...
, written by Bruce Miller, and starring
Tiffani Amber Thiessen as a woman who has no memory of her past after waking up from a coma. The film also stars
Amy Yasbeck
Amy Marie Yasbeck (born September 12, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Casey Chappel Davenport on the sitcom ''Wings
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Acc ...
,
Adolfo Martinez and
David Newsom
David Newsom (born March 10, 1962) is an American actor, producer and fine-art photographer. He is best known for his various critically acclaimed appearances in American television and for his work in 2005 and 2006 with Viggo Mortensen and Perc ...
.
Synopsis
After waking up from a coma, Allison Sullivan finds she has no memory of anything. As she begins to try to put the pieces together she learns someone is out to get her due to an affair she had with a Dr. Jack Renault whose wife Laura just had a baby named Sara. Allison begins speaking with other people and learns all is not as it seems. She tries to put everything together and learns something strange about a person she is supposed to trust.
Cast
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Tiffani Amber Thiessen as Allison Sullivan
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A Martinez
Adolfo Larrue MartÃnez III (born September 27, 1948) is an American actor and singer with roles in the daytime soap operas '' Santa Barbara'', ''General Hospital'', ''One Life to Live'', ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', and ''Days of Our Lives' ...
as Chief Doug Harrison
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Amy Yasbeck
Amy Marie Yasbeck (born September 12, 1962) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Casey Chappel Davenport on the sitcom ''Wings
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Acc ...
as Laura Renault
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David Newsom
David Newsom (born March 10, 1962) is an American actor, producer and fine-art photographer. He is best known for his various critically acclaimed appearances in American television and for his work in 2005 and 2006 with Viggo Mortensen and Perc ...
as Dr. Jack Renault
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Conchata Ferrell
Conchata Galen Ferrell (March 28, 1943October 12, 2020) was an American actress. Although she was a regular cast member of five TV sitcoms, she was best known for playing Berta the housekeeper for all 12 seasons of ''Two and a Half Men''. For he ...
as Dr. Kate Lowe
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Scott Paulin
Robert Scott Paulin (born February 13, 1950) is an American actor and director. He is perhaps best known for playing Deke Slayton in the film '' The Right Stuff'' (1983). He has also acted in films including '' Cat People'' (1982), ''Teen Wolf'' ...
as Richard Mateo
* Natasha and Tamera McPherson as Sara Renault
* Anna Hagan as Mitzi
* Sheelah Megill as Nurse Nancy Morrison
* Merrilyn Gann as Stevie
* Biski Gugushe as Nurse Scott
* Shaina Unger as young Allison
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Chelsea Hobbs
Chelsea Hobbs (born February 18, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is known for roles such as Gerda in the 2002 television film '' Snow Queen'' and Emily Kmetko in the ABC Family teen drama ''Make It or Break It''.
Early life
Hobbs attended an ...
as young Laura
* Kristy Cohen as Sharon
* Laura Owens as Cynthia Levenger
Reception
John Martin of ''
The Daily Dispatch
''The Daily Dispatch'' is an American, English language community-oriented daily newspaper based in Henderson, North Carolina, primarily covering the North Carolina counties of Vance, Granville, and Warren. It is published three times a week on ...
'' called it "not completely stupid".
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sweet Dreams (1996 Film)
1996 television films
1996 films
Films directed by Jack Bender
NBC network original films
1990s English-language films