No Laughing Matter

No Laughing Matter

No Laughing Matter

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No Laughing Matter

1998

1h 30m

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TV Movie

Drama

Overview

Emma is the bright, attractive and funny widowed mother of teen honor-student Charlie. She has a drinking problem that seemingly increases exponentially, and Charlie has problems of his own, chief among them the pregnancy of his girlfriend Lauren...

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Universal Television

USA Network

Cast & Crew

7 members

Acting

Suzanne Somers

Emma Poleski

Suzanne Somers

Acting

Chad Christ

Charlie Poleski

Chad Christ

Acting

Selma Blair

Lauren Winslow

Selma Blair

Acting

Robert Desiderio

Richard Warren

Robert Desiderio

Acting

Ann Bosler

Corrie

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Acting

Frank Gerrish

George Nevi

Frank Gerrish

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James Brewster Thompson

Daryll Lemay

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