Courage 1986

Courage (1986)

 09/24/1986 (US)Drama, TV Movie 2h 30m

A mother in Queens, New York, outraged when she discovers that her son is a drug addict, becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug trade in her neighborhood. Based on a true story

Sophia Loren was on edge. Switched summarily from one bungalow to another at the Beverly Hills Hotel, hardly befitting an international star, she was doing the last of a string of interviews about her new television movie, “Courage.”

The movie, airing at 8 p.m. tonight on CBS, is based on a true story of a Queens woman (called Marianna Miraldo), one of whose sons has become a “vegetable” from snorting cocaine. She volunteers to infiltrate, and, with help of authorities, manages to smash a $3.5 billion international drug ring

In the slick, fast-paced movie, Loren appears to have more outfits than Geraldine Ferraro wore during the entire vice-presidential campaign. Her character also sports a range of wide-frame eyeglasses a la the Loren line

The actress had come into town two days in a row to talk about her TV movie–and only that. She seemed surprised that anyone would want to discuss anything else. After all, A. E. Hotchner wrote the official book on her life, “Sophia, Living and Loving, Her Own Story,” in 1979

Courage 1986