Butterfly in the Typewriter
Troubled author John Kennedy Toole's struggle to bring A Confederacy of Dunces to print.
A Family Divided
College swimmer Chad Billingsley is his middle class family's pride and joy. After a moody phase of scared denial, he owns up to father, attorney Roger, that Rosalie Frank, the provocatively dressed waitress who attended his frat's last party and is missing since, had sex with five of them. Roger does his utmost to prevent the potential statutory rape case ruining his son's future, but confides in his moralistic wife, refuge house worker Karen, who instead of supporting the boys haunts them like Rosalie's mother Inez, with multiple tragic results.
Top Billed Cast
Faye Dunaway Karen Billingsley
Stephen Collins Roger Billingsley
Cameron Bancroft Chad Billingsley
Judson Mills Carter
Diane D'Aquila Inez Frank
Aidan Pendleton Melissa Billingsley
Don S. Davis Detective Larson
Michael Shanks Todd
Emmanuelle Vaugier Rosalie Frank
Suzy Joachim Jennifer
Suleka Mathew Christine
Andrea Nemeth Cindy
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