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The Dark Side of Innocence

9.019761h 30mMovieDramaTV Movie

A suburban housewife's feeling that her life is standing still causes her to divorce her husband. This causes tension with her daughter, who bitterly resents her walking out on the family, and her mother, whose own beliefs about marriage and family are jolted by her daughter's divorce.

DirectorJerry Thorpe
WriterBarbara Turner
ProducersPhilip Mandelker·Jerry Thorpe

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Cast · Directed by Jerry Thorpe

JPJoanna Pettet
Joanna Pettet
Jesse Breton
AAAnne Archer
Anne Archer
Nora Hancock Mulligan
JAJohn Anderson
John Anderson
Stephen Hancock
KHKim Hunter
Kim Hunter
Kathleen Hancock
LCLawrence P. Casey
Lawrence P. Casey
Skip Breton
GSGail Strickland
Gail Strickland
Heather
CNClaudette Nevins
Claudette Nevins
Maggie Hancock
RSRobert Sampson
Robert Sampson
Jason Hancock
JHJames Houghton
James Houghton
Dennis Hancock
EB
Ethelinn Block
Rebecca Hancock
DNDenise Nickerson
Denise Nickerson
Gabriela Hancock
DBDennis Bowen
Dennis Bowen
Michael Hancock

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The Dark Side of Innocence — streaming FAQ

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The Dark Side of Innocence isn't streaming anywhere in Canada yet.

Is The Dark Side of Innocence on Netflix?

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The Dark Side of Innocence hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around July 8, 1976. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.