''The Lady from Yesterday'' is a 1985 American

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directed by Robert Day and starring

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and

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.Anderson, Jon (May 14, 1985). "‘Lady from Yesterday’ is rescued by its cast". '' Chicago Tribune: Tempo''. p. 5.

Plot

A man who has a wife and two daughters has everything he ever wanted: money, power and a great career. But then one day, his life turned upside down when a woman he had an affair with and has never seen since his army days in Vietnam showed up. She called him and asked him to caretake her son due to the fact that she is dying. Now he's risking & fighting for everything just to convince his current family & boss to take him in.

Cast

as Craig Weston *

as Janet Weston *

Pat Hingle Martin Patterson Hingle (July 19, 1924 – January 3, 2009) was an American character actor who appeared in stage productions and in hundreds of television shows and feature films. His first film was ''On the Waterfront'' in 1954. He often play ...

as Jim Bartlett *

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as Rita Bartlett * Blue Deckert as Sam Horton *

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as Quan *

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as Lien *

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as Ida *

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as Howard Ames * Nicole Benton as Kimberly Weston * KaRan Neff Reed as Abby Weston *

Beulah Quo Beulah Quo (April 17, 1923 – October 23, 2002) was a Chinese-American actress and activist born in Stockton, California. The spelling of her last name changed from Kwoh to Quo because she was constantly asked if KWOH was a radio station. She st ...

as Mai Ling Luong

References

External links

* 1985 films 1985 television films American drama television films Films scored by Mark Snow Films directed by Robert Day 1980s English-language films {{US-tv-drama-film-stub