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Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal

1982TV Movie⏱️ 1h 40mNot Rated
Drama
6.2
IMDB Rating
75 votes

A poorly-educated homemaker fights the companies that are polluting her hometown's water-table in upstate New York during the 1970s.

Director
Glenn Jordan
Writers
N/A
Stars
Marsha Mason, Bob Gunton, Penny Fuller
Release Date
February 17, 1982
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason
as Lois Gibbs
Bob Gunton
Bob Gunton
as Harry Gibbs
Penny Fuller
Penny Fuller
as Jeannie Kolchak
Roberta Maxwell
Roberta Maxwell
as Mary Belinski
Jeremy Licht
Jeremy Licht
as Michael Gibbs
Louise Latham
Louise Latham
as Pat Kinsman
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James Ray
as Mr. Bain
Bianca Taylor
Bianca Taylor
as Gail Shepherd
Thomas Hill
Thomas Hill
as Dr. Halperin
Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo
as Larry McGuinness

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
La Puente, California, USA
Production
Filmways Television

🏷️ Keywords

suburbdeathhousewifepollutionecologist

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Under-appreciated TV-movie starring a first-rate actress...
by moonspinner552009-05-31
6/10

"When Marsha Mason stopped making movies on a regular basis (television or otherwise), the world of cinema lost a great natural dramatic resource: feisty, fiery, forthright, and intensely human, Mason gets down to the grit of her characters and makes them approachable, companionable. This troubling true story about an ordinary, under-educated housewife in late-1970s Niagara Falls, New York--who almost accidentally became the spearhead of a revolt by the people against the government and chemical companies who were dumping toxins into their water supply--really needs Mason's spirit to get i..."

📖 Synopsis

A poorly-educated homemaker fights the companies that are polluting her hometown's water-table in upstate New York during the 1970s.