Talk to Me is a 1996 made-for-TV drama film directed by Graeme Campbell and starring Yasmine Bleeth and Ricky Paull Goldin. The film aired on ABC.

Plot

Diane Shepherd is an idealistic talk-show producer, who is conscience-stricken, when she clashes with her ratings-obsessed and ruthless talk-show executive boss. Diane is forced to produce a tantalizing program about a prostitute which potentially harms the prostitute, who is trying to turn her life around.

Kelly Reilly is a teenaged mother whose life is exposed on The Howard Grant Show. Kelly desperately wants to lead a normal life, but society is dragging her back down.

Cast

  • Yasmine Bleeth as Diane Shepherd
  • Jenny Lewis as Kelly Reilly
  • Peter Scolari as Howard Grant
  • Ricky Paull Goldin as Dwayne
  • Veronica Hamel as Sadie
  • Brenda Devine as Jeri Lonigan
  • Dawn Greenhalgh as Brenda Reilly
  • Robin Brille as Lucille-Ann
  • Dorion Davis as Krystal
  • Tracy Dawson as Thelma
  • Heather Dick as Kathleen
  • Terri Drennan as Bo-Peep
  • D. Garnet Harding as Alan
  • Kate Hennig as Stacy
  • Karen Hines as Myra
  • Lisa Hynes as Wanda
  • Martin Julien as Randy
  • Brian Kaulback as Cameraman
  • Scott Wickware as Bill
  • Mairlyn Smith as Lana
  • Laina Timberg as Joey
  • R.D. Reid as Vernon
  • Martin Roach as Alex
  • Cliff Saunders as Chyron
  • Alison Sealy-Smith as Miriam
  • Shakura S'Aida as Scarecrow
  • James Kidnie as Redneck
  • Walter Alza as Pusher
  • Suzanne Coy as Prostitute
  • Dominic Cuzzocrea as The Driver
  • Reg Dreger as Manager #2
  • Sam Malkin as The Director
  • Ralph Small as Manager #1
  • Jeff Topping as Son
  • Anne Wessels as Elegant Woman
  • Louis Wrightman as Junkie

Production credits

  • Graeme Campbell (Director)
  • Dan Bronson (Writer)
  • Steve White (Executive Producer)
  • Jim Lichtenstein (Co-Executive Producer)
  • John Perrin Flynn (Producer)
  • Megan Callaway (co-producer)

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