A Private Battle (1980)

9.0/10 • 100 min • TV Movie Drama

Overview

A dramatization of the story of noted writer/journalist Cornelius Ryan, author of "The Longest Day," and the valiant battle against terminal cancer that led him to write about his ordeal, with the help of his loving wife, while at the same time determined to complete "A Bridge Too Far," which he had spent years researching.

Cast

Jack Warden

Anne Jackson

Kathryn Morgan Ryan

Rachael Kelly

Rebecca Schull

Anne Bardenhagen

Bill Moor

Dr. Pat Nelligan

Frederick Rolf

Dr. Slossy

Walter Cronkite

Clayton Rohner

Jacques Roux

Annette Miller

Joseph O'Conor

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