''The Tenth Month'' is a 1979 American made-for-TV-movie based on the 1970 novel of the same name by

Laura Z. Hobson Laura Zametkin Hobson (June 19, 1900 – February 28, 1986) was an American writer, best known for her novels ''Gentleman's Agreement'' (1947) and ''Consenting Adult'' (1975). Early life and career Laura Kean Zametkin was born on June 19, 1900So ...

. The movie was directed by

Joan Tewkesbury Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936) is an American film and television director, writer, producer, choreographer and actress. She had a long association with the celebrated director Robert Altman, writing the screenplays for '' Thieves Like Us ...

and starred

Carol Burnett Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer. Her groundbreaking comedy variety show ''The Carol Burnett Show'', which originally aired on CBS was one of the first of its kind to be hosted ...

Keith Michell Keith Joseph Michell (1 December 1926 – 20 November 2015) was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII. He appeared extensively in Shakespeare ...

, and Dina Merrill.

Plot

An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidentally becomes pregnant by an internationally renowned pianist and decides to keep and raise the baby on her own.

Cast

as Dori Grey *

as Matthew Poole * Dina Merrill as Cele * Melissa Converse as Ellen Varley *

Cristina Raines Cristina Raines ( née Herazo; born February 28, 1952) is an American former actress and model who appeared in numerous films throughout the 1970s, mainly horror films and period pieces. She went on to have a prolific career as a television actres ...

as Nancy Miller *

Richard Venture Richard Venture (born Richard Charles Venturella; November 12, 1923 – December 19, 2017) was an American actor. He performed in more than eighty films from 1964 to 2001. His television guest-credits include ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd' ...

as Dr. Paul Jessup * Yvonne Wilder as Mrs. Figueroa * Martine Beswick as Joan Poole *

Woodrow Parfrey Sydney Woodrow Parfrey (October 5, 1922 – July 29, 1984) was an American film and television actor from the 1950s to the early 1980s. He is often remembered as "one of TV's great slimeball villains". Early life Parfrey was born on October 5, ...

as Tad Jones * Joe Ponazecki as Dick Townsend * Del Hinkley as Mark Donovan * Jossie DeGuzman as Iliana *

Rex Robbins Rex McNicol Robbins (March 30, 1935 – September 23, 2003) was an American character actor of stage and screen. Career Robbins appeared opposite Angela Lansbury in the 1974 Broadway revival of '' Gypsy''. He made his Broadway debut in 1963 as ...

as Gene Varley * Harriet Medin as Mrs. Cox, Lawyer * Linda Grovenor as Molly Jamison *

Joe Seneca Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for Willie Brown in ''Crossroads'' (1986), Dr. Meadows in ''The Blob'' (1988), and Dr. Hanes in ''The Cosby Show''. Life and care ...

as Doorman * Alberto Vazquez as Rinaldo *

Will Thompson William Lamartine Thompson (November 7, 1847 – September 20, 1909) was a noted American composer. He founded the W. L. Thompson Music Company and tried his hand with some success at secular compositions before finding his ''forte'' in hymn ...

as Cat Judge

Release

''The Tenth Month'' aired on

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

September 16, 1979 and September 15, 1980. The film was released on VHS on April 7, 1987.

References

External links

* 1978 television films 1978 films CBS network films Films based on American novels American pregnancy films 1970s pregnancy films Films directed by Joan Tewkesbury 1970s American films {{US-tv-film-stub