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Scandal in a Small Town(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-01-01
50%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
She's in for the fight of her life, against her own shameless past.
Overview:
Leda Beth Vincent lives in the small town of Shiloh and works as a cocktail waitress there. She is not too well thought of as she is nothing of a blushing virgin. But she is far from a whore and brings up her daughter Julie, a high school student, as a loving responsible mother. So, when she becomes aware that Julie's very popular history teacher, Mr Baker, spreads antisemitic ideas among his pupils, Leda Beth decides to ask Mr Baker for an explanation. But she comes up against a wall. Nobody in town - Julie less than all others - wants to support her and it looks as if she will have to bring the Board of Education to court. The trouble is that a school dropout and a tramp of her kind does not count for much compared to the holders of knowledge and of morality.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Mark Carliner Productions
Movie: Scandal in a Small Town
Top 10 Billed Cast
Raquel Welch
Leda Beth Vincent
Ronny Cox
George Baker
Frances Lee McCain
Gwendolyn
Peter Van Norden
Paul Martin
Mickey Jones
Glenn
Ernie Lively
Jeremy Travis
Christa Denton
Julie Vincent
Robin Gammell
Professor Paul Martin
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Overview
Leda Beth Vincent lives in the small town of Shiloh and works as a cocktail waitress there. She is not too well thought of as she is nothing of a blushing virgin. But she is far from a whore and brings up her daughter Julie, a high school student, as a loving responsible mother. So, when she becomes aware that Julie's very popular history teacher, Mr Baker, spreads antisemitic ideas among his pupils, Leda Beth decides to ask Mr Baker for an explanation. But she comes up against a wall. Nobody in town - Julie less than all others - wants to support her and it looks as if she will have to bring the Board of Education to court. The trouble is that a school dropout and a tramp of her kind does not count for much compared to the holders of knowledge and of morality.
Release Date
1988-01-01
Average
5
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2.5 startsTagline
She's in for the fight of her life, against her own shameless past.
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