Within These Walls
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mike Robe
Maria Herrera
Una Kay
Ralph Allison
Lynne Adams
Lucinda Davis
Film Details
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Synopsis
A television movie based on the true story of Sister Pauline Quinn, who created a prison program designed to help female convicts train dogs that are used to help the disabled. Joan Thomas has lived a hard life tangled with crime and drugs. When she lands in prison, she gives up hope of ever finding happiness. Convicted of murder and imprisoned for life, anyone's efforts to get close to Joan are spurned, including her estranged son's attempts to visit her. When Prison Supervisor Melinda Donovan agrees to allow a new program that trains dogs for the disabled to be brought into the prison, Sister Pauline Quinn, the head of the program, spots something special in Joan and tries to persuade her to join, but to no avail. When one of the inmates abuses the dog in her charge and is dropped from the program, Joan finally agrees to participate. Over time, Joan and Pauline develop a mutual admiration for each other and learn to cope with the demons of their pasts.
The unconditional love of the dogs profoundly affects the inmates. Caught in an inmate fight, Thomas is thrown out of the program by Supervisor Donovan, but Quinn pleads to have Thomas return and complete the training. Suddenly, a review board shuts the program down, devastating Quinn's hopes and wrecking weeks of hard work. For the first time in her life, Thomas seeks to help others by appealing to Donovan for a last chance to prove the program's worth -- with consequences even Quinn could not have imagined.
Director
Mike Robe
Cast
Maria Herrera
Una Kay
Ralph Allison
Lynne Adams
Lucinda Davis
Eve Crawford
Ivan Smith
Karen Glave
Latanya Richardson
Marium Carvell
Bonnie Mak
Laura Dern
Anderson Chet Bradshaw
John Maclaren
Greg Kramer
Tim Progosh
Suzanna Lenir
Kristin Fairlee
Amanda Walsh
Charles Doucet
Ellen Burstyn
Ingrid Veninger
Danette Mackay
Matthew Smiley
Alison Darcy
Tony Calabretta
Walter Alza
Crew
Daniel Auclair
Robert J Avrech
Robert J Avrech
Ted Babcock
Sylvie Boily
Rosina Bucci
Ellen Burstyn
Thomas Burstyn
Michelle C(tt
Richard Carriere
Francois Daignault
Mario Davignon
Marc Deourdy
Raymond Ducasse
Terri Fricon
Richard Friedman
Mark Friesen
Marshall Garlington
Paule Girardin
Susan Glicksman
Perri Gorrara
Mike Graham
Shannon Halwes
Laurette Hayden
Matthew Jemus
Josee Juteau
Laura Karpman
Nicole Lapierre
Horatio Leal
Kenneth Mackenzie
Alfonso Maiorana
Louis Marion
Mona Medawar
Linda Melazzo
Sylvie Morin
Christopher Nelson
Jenna Nelson
Camille Parent
Colleen Quinton
Dexter Rainville
Pierre Rancourt
Nancy Raposo
Daniele Rohrbach
Peter Sadowski
Robert M. Sertner
Lana Sharpe
Randy Sutter
Ken Teaney
Frank Von Zerneck
Clare Walker
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 3, 2007
Aired in United States August 20, 2001
Aired in United States on DVD April 3, 2007
Previous title: "Their Last Chance."
Began shooting April 2, 2001.
Completed shooting April 28, 2001.
