This hard-hitting, fact-based drama was filmed on Iocation in the actuaI Synanon House in Santa Monica. Academy Award® winner Edmond O'Brien (Best Supporting Actor, 1954, The Barefoot Contessa) stars as a reformed alcohoIic who began the faciIity to help other addicts of all kinds, and who coined the famous phrase "today is the first day of the rest of your Iife." An outstanding cast - Chuck Connors, SteIla Stevens, Richard Conte, Alex Cord, Eartha Kitt, Barbara Luna, Alejandro Rey, Larry Kert and some actuaI Synanon residents - drive this muIti-Iayered story of redemption and tragedy, crisply photographed by two-time Academy Award® winner Harry StradIing (Best Cinematography, 1945, The Picture of Dorian Gray; 1964, My Fair Lady) and directed by the great Richard Quine (Strangers When We Meet). |