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Marie (also known as Marie: A True Story) is a 1985 American biographical film starring Sissy Spacek as Marie Ragghianti, former head of the Tennessee Board of Pardons and Paroles, who was removed from office in 1977 after refusing to release prisoners on whose behalf bribes had been paid to aides to Governor Ray Blanton.
Sep 27, 1985 · Marie: Directed by Roger Donaldson. With Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels, Keith Szarabajka, Morgan Freeman. A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption.
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- Biography, Drama
- Roger Donaldson
- 1985-09-27
Jun 9, 2014 · A determined woman battles the establishment after being fired from her job with Tennessee's parole board for uncovering alleged corruption. Spacek is in fine form! Movie, Marie Movie,Marie ...
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Marie: A True Story (1985) - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption. Cast & Crew. Read More. Roger Donaldson. Director. Sissy Spacek. Jeff Daniels. Keith Szarabajka. Morgan Freeman. Don Hood.
- Roger Donaldson
- Sissy Spacek
The true story of Marie Ragghianti is one of those lives they ought to make a movie about, and this time they did. Marie was a young Tennessee woman who broke out of a marriage with a wife-beater and somehow managed to put herself through school while raising her kids, including a chronically ill little boy.
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A political appointee risks her job and her life to expose corruption. In the mid-1970s, Marie Ragghianti left an abusive marriage and moved back home with her mother Virginia in Tennessee to eke out a better life for herself and her three young children.
