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A Private Battle

9.019801h 40mMovieTV MovieDrama

A dramatization of the story of noted writer/journalist Cornelius Ryan, author of "The Longest Day," and the valiant battle against terminal cancer that led him to write about his ordeal, with the help of his loving wife, while at the same…

DirectorRobert Michael Lewis
WriterJohn Gay
ProducersMichael Lepiner·Robert Halmi Jr.

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Cast · Directed by Robert Michael Lewis

JWJack Warden
Jack Warden
Cornelius Ryan
AJAnne Jackson
Anne Jackson
Kathryn Morgan Ryan
DS
David Stockton
Geoffrey Ryan
RKRachael Kelly
Rachael Kelly
Vicki Ryan
RSRebecca Schull
Rebecca Schull
Anne Bardenhagen
BMBill Moor
Bill Moor
Dr. Pat Nelligan
FRFrederick Rolf
Frederick Rolf
Dr. Slossy
RE
Robert Elston
Dr. Whitmore
JB
Jim Boyd
Dr. Jewett
PD
Peter DeMaio
Harold Robbins
MV
Millie Velasquez
Nurse
WM
W.T. Martin
Staff Physician

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