Right to Die (film)

Right to Die
Directed by	Paul Wendkos
Produced by	Karen Danaher-Dorr
Starring	Raquel Welch Michael Gross
Music by	Brad Fiedel
Cinematography	Bernd Heinl
Edited by	James Galloway
Release dates	1987 (1987)
Country	United States
Language	English

Right to Die, directed by Paul Wendkos, is a 1987 made-for-TV film that explored issues relating to the Right to Die movement.^[1]

Raquel Welch was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1988 for her performance as Emily Bauer, a psychologist diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease who comes to desire her own death as her disease progresses. Michael Gross co-starred as her husband, Bob.

Raquel Welch later said it was one of the films of which she was most proud.^[2]

Filming took place in May-June 1987.^[3]

References

↑ Raquel Welch Forsakes Glamour In Drama on Dying: Unglamorous Role for Welch By LESLIE BENNETTS. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 07 Oct 1987: C1.
↑ A censor in 'Paradise': Raquel Welch protests CBS's taming of sex scenes in 'Trouble' Sanello, Frank. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 14 May 1989: F6
↑ CASTING AROUND Modderno, Craig. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 31 May 1987: L34

External links

Right to Die at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Paul Wendkos

The Burglar (1957)
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
Gidget (1959)
Face of a Fugitive (1959)
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
Because They're Young (1960)
Angel Baby (1961)
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
Johnny Tiger (1966)
Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)
Fear No Evil (1969)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
Hell Boats (1970)
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
A Little Game (1971)
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
Strangers in 7A (1972)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
Special Delivery (1976)
The Death of Richie (1977)
A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987)
Right to Die (1987)
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988)
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Cross of Fire (1989)
Blind Faith (1990)
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991)
A Match Made in Heaven (1997)

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