An Early Frost
When AIDS hits home... what does a family do?
1985-05-01 | 100 minutes
Plot Summary
Successful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from his mother, Katherine, father, Nick, and grandmother Beatrice. But when Michael discovers he has AIDS and is dying of complications from the disease, he must open up to his parents and the rest of his family. Though fearful of their reactions, he introduces them to his longtime lover, Peter, and looks to them for support.
Cast
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Aidan QuinnMichael Pierson
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Gena RowlandsKatherine Pierson
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Ben GazzaraNick Pierson
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Sylvia SidneyBeatrice McKenna
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D.W. MoffettPeter Hilton
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John GloverVictor DiMato
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Sydney WalshSusan Maracek
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Terry O'QuinnDr. Redding
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Bill PaxtonBob Maracek
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Cheryl AndersonChristine
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Christopher BradleyTodd
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Don HoodDr. Gilbert
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Scott JaeckPhil
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Lee WilkofDr. Reisberg
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Leoda RichardsPassenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
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