The Good Mother
Can a court determine how we should live, how we should love, how we should raise our children? Now Anna must prove that she is the Good Mother.
1988 | 104m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Leonard Nimoy |
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| Writer: | Sue Miller, Michael Bortman |
| Staring: |
| After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 04, 1988 |
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| Director: | Leonard Nimoy |
| Writer: | Sue Miller, Michael Bortman |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, custody battle, divorcee, sculptor, sexual liberation, piano |
| Production Companies | Touchstone Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $4,764,606
Budget: $14,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Diane Keaton | Anna Dunlop |
| Liam Neeson | Leo Cutter |
| Jason Robards | W. O. Muth |
| Ralph Bellamy | Grandfather Frank |
| Teresa Wright | Grandmother Eleanor |
| James Naughton | Brian Dunlop |
| Asia Vieira | Molly Dunlop |
| Joe Morton | Frank Williams |
| Fred Melamed | Dr. Payne |
| Katey Sagal | Ursula |
| Margaret Bard | Aunt Rain |
| Nancy Beatty | Anna's Mother |
| Barry Belchamber | Anna's Father |
| Mairon Bennett | Young Anna Dunlop |
| Zachary Bennett | Young Bobby |
| Scott Brunt | Eric |
| Marvin Karon | Older Bobby |
| Charles Kimbrough | Uncle Orrie |
| Tracy Griffith | Babe |
| Matt Damon | Extra (uncredited) |
| Ben Affleck | Extra (uncredited) |
| Eugene Clark | Arch |
| Elizabeth Clarke | Court Clerk |
| Beverly Cooper | Celia |
| Philip Eckman | |
| Greg Ellwand | |
| Sheila Ferrini | |
| Adam Furfaro | |
| Donna Galligan | |
| David Gardner | |
| Teal Gennaro | |
| Diane Gordon |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Branko Racki | Stunt Coordinator |
| Peter E. Berger | Editor |
| Sue Miller | Novel |
| Michael Bortman | Screenplay |
| Stan Jolley | Production Design |
| Barbara Shapiro | Casting |
| Leonard Nimoy | Director |
| Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| David Watkin | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Arne Glimcher | Producer |
| Daniel J. Heffner | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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