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Scandal in a Small Town (1988)

Directed by Anthony Page

Overview

Leda Beth Vincent lives in the small town of Shiloh and works as a cocktail waitress there. She is not too well thought of as she is nothing of a blushing virgin. But she is far from a whore and brings up her daughter Julie, a high school student, as a loving responsible mother. So, when she becomes aware that Julie’s very popular history teacher, Mr Baker, spreads antisemitic ideas among his pupils, Leda Beth decides to ask Mr Baker for an explanation. But she comes up against a wall. Nobody in town - Julie less than all others - wants to support her and it looks as if she will have to bring the Board of Education to court. The trouble is that a school dropout and a tramp of her kind does not count for much compared to the holders of knowledge and of morality.

Length 91 minutes

Actors

Raquel Welch | Ronny Cox | Frances Lee McCain | Peter Van Norden | Mickey Jones | Ernie Lively | Christa Denton | Julie Hayek | Ray Girardin | Robin Gammell | Arell Blanton | Katherine McGrath | Laurence Haddon | Helen Page Camp | Madison Mason | Harold Pruett | Scott Nell | Noni White | John Furlong | Linda Hoy | Annie Abbott | Holly Fields | Jean Sincere | Lee Millay | Kamie Harper | Justin Gocke | George Hirschmann | Louis Plante