Touched (1983 film)

Touched
Directed byJohn Flynn
Written byLyle Kessler
Produced byBarclay Lottimer
Dirk Petersmann
StarringRobert Hays
Kathleen Beller
Ned Beatty
CinematographyFred Murphy
Edited byHarry Keramidas
Music byShirley Walker
Production
company
Release date
  • October 1983 (1983-10)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[2]

Touched is a 1983 American romantic drama film directed by John Flynn starring Robert Hays and Kathleen Beller.

Premise

Two inmates of a mental institution, a man named Daniel and a woman named Jennifer, are not as ill as the psychiatrists at the institution perceive them to be. Daniel and Jennifer escape to make lives for themselves together in the world at large.[3]

Cast

Kathleen Beller and Robert Hays filming Touched in Wildwood, New Jersey

Production

Touched was filmed under the working title Some Sunny Day.[4] It features extensive scenes shot on the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey, including locations on and near Morey's Piers, during the end of the summer season and the beginning of the off-season in 1982. Other amusement piers, including Hunt's Pier, can be seen in the backgrounds of scenes.

Music

In addition to the instrumental score by Shirley Walker, the film also features the love ballad "Find Me", written by David Shire and Carol Connors, and sung by Laura Branigan, featured on her second hit album Branigan 2.

References

  1. ^ "Touched".
  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog".
  3. ^ "Touched".
  4. ^ "Touched". IMDb.


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