''Dalva'' is a 1996 American

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starring Farrah Fawcett and

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. Although Fawcett isn't the movie's only star, she is the only performer to be billed in the opening credits. However, on

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and VHS home video packaging, Baker and

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garner direct below-the-title billing.

Plot

When Farrah Fawcett's Dalva, who is part Sioux Indian, was a teenager, she fell in love with Duane and became pregnant by him. She later learns that Duane is also her half-brother. Her grandfather forces her to give the baby up for adoption. Five years later, Dalva finds Duane. He tells Dalva that he is dying; he rides into the sea in the sunset and shoots himself. Sixteen years later, Dalva finds love with a friend of her father's named Sam (

) who encourages her to find her son. She finds her son, and Dalva finds true love in the arms of Sam.

Cast

* Farrah Fawcett as Dalva Northridge *

as Naomi *

as Sam Creekmouth *

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as Duane Stonehorse *Shawn Cady as Young Dalva *

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as Michael *

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as Karen * Rod Steiger as John Wesley Northridge II

References

External links

* 1996 television films 1996 films 1996 drama films 1990s English-language films Teenage pregnancy in film Films scored by Lee Holdridge American drama television films 1990s American films {{US-tv-drama-film-stub