{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = Drama<br>Romance | writer = Katherine Coker | screenplay = | story = | director = Stuart Margolin | starring = Cindy Williams<br>Paul Shenar<br>Eileen Heckart | music = David Rose | country = United States | language = English | executive_producer = | producer = Ross Hunter<br>Jacques Mapes | location = | cinematography = Robert B. Hauser | editor = Richard Bracken<br>Sidney Wolinsky | camera = | runtime = 100 minutes | company = Ross Hunter Productions Inc. | budget = | network = NBC | released = {{Start date|1978|12|04}} }} '''''Suddenly, Love''''' is a 1978 American TV movie, produced by Ross Hunter, about the romance between a woman who grew up in a poor neighborhood and a "socially prominent" attorney.<ref>Maltin, Leonard, ''Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide, 1991 Edition'', page 1120, Plume, 1990</ref> The film premiered on NBC on December 4, 1978.
The ''Los Angeles Times'' said it had "considerable charm".<ref>TV MOVIE REVIEW: 'Suddenly, Love' a Romantic Tale Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times4 Dec 1978: f16.</ref>
==Plot== During the 1950s Regina Malloy grows up in an abusive, low-class Brooklyn family.<ref name="Tuttle">Tuttle, Lisa, 'Suddenly, Love' convincing sentiment, ''Austin American-Statesman'', December 4, 1978, page 23</ref> She receives encouragement from the neighborhood tailor, Mr. Luria, to pursue higher education. With the help of scholarships Regina studies to become an architect.<ref name="Hayden">Hayden, Bill, Williams dumps sitcom stereotype in NBC's dramatic 'Suddenly, Love', ''Tucson Citizen'', December 4, 1978, page 21</ref> Regina meets Jack Graham, a wealthy law school professor.<ref name="Tuttle" /> They marry in the early 1960s and have a child Bobbi, but Jack's chronic health problems cause challenges in their lives.<ref name="Hayden" />
==Cast== *Cindy Williams as Regina Malloy Graham *Paul Shenar as Jack Graham *Drew Barrymore as Bobbi Graham *Eileen Heckart as Mrs. Malloy *Scott Brady as Mr. Malloy *Joan Bennett as Mrs. Graham *Lew Ayres as Mr. Graham *Kurt Kasznar as Mr. Luria
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0078339}}
{{Ross Hunter}} {{Stuart Margolin}}
Category:1978 television films Category:1978 films Category:American television films Category:American romantic drama films Category:Films directed by Stuart Margolin Category:1978 American films