Film

A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story

1994 · 1h 35m · TV Movie · Drama

IMDb

6.8

Margaret Mitchell, portrayed as rebellious and spirited as Scarlett O'Hara, grows up in a comfortably middle-class Atlanta home, absorbing her grandmother's stories of the Civil War and the burning of their city by the Yankees. Young Peggy, as she likes to be called, goes to Smith College in Massachusetts and hates it. Back in Atlanta, her mildly scandalous reputation is made more so by her first marriage, to Red Upshaw, a bootlegging rake. Later, her second husband encourages her to expand her writing talents beyond feature articles for The Atlanta Journal. Her first and only novel becomes one of the best-selling books of all time.

Shannen Doherty

Margaret

Dale Midkiff

Red

John Clark Gable

Army Officer Terry

Matt Mulhern

John Marsh

Ann Wedgeworth

Mrs. O'Flaherty

Morgan Weisser

Clifford

Rue McClanahan

Grandma Stephens

Robin Mullins

Medora

Shannon Eubanks

Mrs. Cathcart

Joanne Pankow

Mrs. Pinchot

Evan Kelly

Will

John Ward

Beau

Zach Hanner

Tom

• Larry PeerceDirector
• Robert HamiltonExecutive Producer · Writer
• Harker WadeProducer
• Renée ValenteExecutive Producer
• Don E. FauntLeRoyDirector of Photography
• Billy GoldenbergOriginal Music Composer
• Melinda GartzmanCasting

Release date

March 28, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

TV Movie, Drama