Wrestling with Alligators 26 years old

All that Maddy Hawkins has ever wanted was a family she could call her own. Even in 1959, the simplest things are difficult to find...Maddy, a street-wise teenage runaway, believes she has created this family with the women who live with her in an East Coast woman-only rooming house: Lulu, an eccentric silent-screen star; Claire, a beautiful, widowed French war bride; and Mary, a young artist.But as Maddy watches her newfound family fall apart, she begins to realize that some things in life are worth fighting for, and that the bonds of true friendship are the strongest bonds of all.

Credits

Joely Richardson as Claire

Jay O. Sanders as Rick

Claire Bloom as Lulu Fraker

Tom Guiry as Pete (as Thomas Guiry)

Sam Trammell as Will

Adrienne Shelly as Mary

Wrestling with Alligators Cast

Name	Character
Joely Richardson She was 33, now 59 years old	as Claire
Jay O. Sanders He was 44, now 71 years old	as Rick
Claire Bloom She was 66, now 93 years old	as Lulu Fraker
Tom Guiry He was 16, now 43 years old	as Pete (as Thomas Guiry)
Sam Trammell He was 28, now 55 years old	as Will
Adrienne Shelly She was 31, 40 years old when she died	as Mary
Aleksa Palladino She was 17, now 44 years old	as Maddy Hawkins
Nicole Bradin	as Susan Wright

Wrestling with Alligators Crew

Name	Department
Andrew Hollander as Original Music Composer. He was 48 (now 74) years old	Sound
Scott Kraft as Writer. He was 97 (now 123) years old	Writing

Wrestling with Alligators (26 years)

Release day: Sunday, January 18, 1998
Runtime: 95 minutes