A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he lives and works at is suddenly destroyed by fire. Daniel and his family moves in with his brother but that doesn’t last for long due to the two families not getting along with each other. The family moves from rundown hotels to homeless shelters as Daniel searches work as a electrician while his wife takes waitress jobs to try to make ends meet.
Director: Lee Grant.
Stars: Christine Lahti, Jeff Daniels, Scott Marlowe, CCH Pounder, Kathy Bates, Anne Pitoniak, Lantz Landry, Kyndra Joy Casper, Steve Rankin, Rick Aviles, Ernest Eyth, Helena Ruoti, Michael Hume, Marcia Haufrecht, Brandon Greene.
1990 Golden Globes – Winner Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (Christine Lahti).
That was 1989 …
How many homeless people are “living” in the USSA today? 30 million? 10 times as much as 1989? Or even more?
Hell, isn’t capitalism the best economic system ever invented? 🤣😂😂🤣🤣 I guess this very good movie answers this question …