Due East

Life has never been easy for teenager Mary Faith. In the quirky town of Due East, she is forced to make a decision that will change her life forever., A brainy high-school senior (Clara Bryant), who’s always been a bit of an outcast in her small Southern town, discovers love and loss for the first time. Rapple: Robert Forster. Becky: Kate Capshaw. Nell: Cybill Shepherd. Lizann: Lynda Boyd. Father Berkely: Jim Byrnes. Mrs. Yaeger: Wendy Chmelauskas. Stephen: Kavan Smith. Stacy: Nicki Clyne. Dr. Hagan: Charles W. Gray. Rose: Roger Haskett. Sissy: Kimberley Warnat., The movie spotlights an intelligent high school senior and National Merit Scholar who has never been part of the “in crowd.” She teaches a high school equivalency night class, tends to the needs of her widower father, Jesse, and pretty much stays to herself. But when she meets a loner who recently moved to the town of Due East, she feels a sense of belonging for the first time in her life., Mary Faith Rapple is a lonely high school senior who meets and falls in love with a newcomer to the small town of Due East. When he’s killed in a tragic accident – and she discovers she’s pregnant – she’s forced to make a painful decision. Based on Valerie Sayer’s critically acclaimed novel, this tale of love, faith and friendship is Mary Faith’s story, but it’s also a tale of the lives of her family and friends, as they help her come to grips with a dilemma that threatens her plans for college and her future., Thought-provoking drama, which centres on a high-achieving high-school senior who has never felt part of the ‘in-crowd’. She teaches at night school, tends her widowed father, and pretty much keeps herself to herself. But when she meets another loner who has just moved to the town of Due East, for the first time in her life she feels a sense of belonging., The topic of teen pregnancy is covered in this made-for-Showtime melodrama directed by actress Helen Shaver. Clara Bryant stars as Mary Faith, a small-town good girl, and the last person that anyone in her community would expect to find herself with child. When news of the pregnancy gets out, Mary Faith is faced with judgment from the locals as well as her family. Due East also stars Cybill Shepherd, Kate Capshaw, and Robert Forster.