Divorce Wars: A Love Story

Top 10 Billed Cast

Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck

Jack Sturgess

Jane Curtin
Jane Curtin

Vickey Sturgess

Joan Bennett
Joan Bennett

Adele Burgess

Viveca Lindfors
Viveca Lindfors

Barbara Harper

Candice Azzara
Candice Azzara

Sylvia Bemous

Charles Haid
Charles Haid

Fred Bemous

Joe Regalbuto
Joe Regalbuto

Barry Fields

Mimi Rogers
Mimi Rogers

Belinda Wittiker

Alan Oppenheimer
Alan Oppenheimer

Arthur Lazar

Maggie Cooper
Maggie Cooper

Leslie Fields

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  • Overview

    Successful divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is falling apart and must juggle his domestic conflicts with his clients' problems.

  • Release Date

    1982-03-01

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
  • Tagline

    Only two motion pictures, "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Ordinary People", have had the honesty and emotional power to capture the real feelings of Americans today about marriage, family and love. Now there are three.

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    English
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