Choices of the Heart

Jeannie Donovan, a party-girl searching for that something missing in her life, finds it in El Salvador, hooking up with three nuns and a heartful of ache, love, and horror in the midst of a civil war. This is a true story of the four American churchwomen murdered in the Central American countryside, and the indifference of the American government to their sad and desperate story.

Melissa Gilbert

Jean Donovan

Peter Horton

Doug

Helen Hunt

Cathy

Mary McCusker

Sister Maura Clarke

Mari Gorman

Sister Ita Ford

Pamela Bellwood

Sister Dorothy Kazel

Patrick Cassidy

Patrick

René Enríquez

Archbishop Romero

Mike Farrell

Ambassador Robert E. White

Martin Sheen

Father Philan

Demián Bichir

Armando

Enrique Lucero

Colonel Rojas

Delores Devine

Gwen

George Belanger

Father Rich

• Joseph SargentDirector · Producer
• John PielmeierWriter
• David W. RintelsProducer
• John HousemanExecutive Producer
• Sandy GallinExecutive Producer
• Raymond KatzExecutive Producer
• Jorge Stahl Jr.Director of Photography
• John RubinsteinOriginal Music Composer
• George Jay NicholsonEditor

Release date

December 5, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

TV Movie, Drama

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