Peyton Place: The Next Generation (1985)
Genre : Drama, TV Movie
Runtime : 1H 37M
Director : Larry Elikann
Writer : Rita Lakin
Synopsis
Another attempt to bring the 1960s primetime serial back to network television
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
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