Right to Die

Name: Right to Die
Director: Paul Wendkos
Genre: TV Movie, Drama
Released: 1987-08-12
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Raquel Welch, Michael Gross, Bonnie Bartlett, Peter Michael Goetz, Joanna Miles

1987

1h 30m

TV Movie Drama

Director: Paul Wendkos

Writer: Phil Penningroth

Overview

Emily Bauer (Raquel Welch) is a successful psychologist with a happy home life who is suddenly stricken with the dreaded neurological affliction ALS (aka "Lou Gehrig's Disease"). At first, she is determined to fight for her life, but as her conditions deteriorates and she becomes more of a human vegetable, Ms. Welch begs her husband (Michael Gross) to help her die.