Touched by Love

1980 film

Touched by Love

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Gus Trikonis
Screenplay by| Hesper Anderson
Based on| To Elvis, With Love
by Lena Canada
Produced by| Michael Viner
Starring|

* Diane Lane
* Deborah Raffin

Cinematography| Richard H. Kline
Edited by| Fred Chulack
Music by| John Barry

Production
company

Rastar

Distributed by| Columbia Pictures

Release date

* April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17)

Running time

| 95 minutes
Countries|

* United States
* Canada

Language| English
Budget| $2.5 million[1]
Box office| N/A

Touched by Love (originally titled To Elvis, With Love) is a 1980 American film directed by Gus Trikonis, starring Diane Lane and Deborah Raffin.

First released to theaters in April 1980,[2] the screenplay concerns a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl named Karen who is dealing with cerebral palsy and depression. She encourages the teen-ager to write to her favorite singer, Elvis Presley. Karen eventually receives a reply, and they become pen pals. The interaction leads to an immediate improvement in her daily outlook. The movie was based on the book To Elvis, With Love by the real-life therapist, Lena Canada, in which she presented the correspondence as true.

Raffin was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress — Motion Picture Drama and a Razzie for Worst Actress for her performance. The film also received a second Razzie nomination for Hesper Anderson's screenplay.

## Cast

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* Diane Lane as Karen Brown
* Deborah Raffin as Lena Canada
* Michael Learned as Dr. Bell
* John Amos as Tony
* Cristina Raines as Amy
* Mary Wickes as Margaret
* Clu Gulager as Don Fielder

## References

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1. ^ "AFI Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
2. ^ "Memphis Commercial Appeal, April 16, 1980". newspapers.com.

## External links

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* Touched by Love at IMDb
* Touched by Love at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by Gus Trikonis

* The Sidehackers (1969)
* Supercock (1975)
* The Swinging Barmaids (1975)
* The Student Body (1976)
* Nashville Girl (1976)
* Moonshine County Express (1977)
* The Evil (1978)
* She's Dressed to Kill (1979)
* Touched by Love (1980)
* Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
* Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
* Dance of the Dwarfs (1983)

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