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Touched by Love: Directed by Gus Trikonis. With Deborah Raffin, Diane Lane, Michael Learned, John Amos. A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite rock singer, Elvis Presley.
- (526)
- Drama
- Gus Trikonis
- 1987
Touched by Love (1980) User Reviews. A gripping story of a young girl's devotion to her hero. This is a touching true story and fine adaption of Lena Canada's book about a lonely handicapped girl (Diane Lane) and her devotion to a very special person.
Touched by Love. A nursing trainee (Deborah Raffin) encourages a teenager with cerebral palsy (Diane Lane) to write her idol, Elvis Presley.
- (4)
- Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat
- PG
- Gus Trikonis
Touched by Love (1980) Lena Canada (Deborah Raffin) begins her first job as a nurse at Brown House, an institution for physically handicapped children. Keenly interested in her work, Lena finds herself immediately attracted to Karen Brown (Diane Lane), a 15-year-old girl suffering from cerebral palsy and confined to a wheelchair who has been ...
Recommendations. Tusk. ...Maybe This Time. Babylon. Baddegama. A young nurse becomes determined to reach an unresponsive teenage cerebral palsy patient by encouraging her to write to her favorite...
The Reel Review. Deborah Raffin and a very young Diane Lane star in this sentimental 1980 drama about a caregiver at a home for children with cerebral palsy in the 1960s. The caregiver’s compassionate perseverance eventually draws out a lonely, unresponsive young girl to blossom and become pen pals with her idol, superstar Elvis Presley.
Touched by Love (originally titled To Elvis, With Love) is a 1980 American film directed by Gus Trikonis, starring Diane Lane and Deborah Raffin. First released to theaters in April 1980, the screenplay concerns a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl named Karen who is dealing with cerebral palsy and depression.
