| Choices of the Heart | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | John Pielmeier |
| Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
| Starring | Melissa Gilbert Peter Horton Helen Hunt Mary McCusker Mari Gorman Pamela Bellwood Patrick Cassidy René Enríquez Mike Farrell Martin Sheen |
| Theme music composer | John Rubinstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Sandy Gallin John Houseman |
| Producers | David W. Rintels Joseph Sargent |
| Production locations | Churubusco Studios, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
| Cinematography | Jorge Stahl Jr. |
| Editor | George Jay Nicholson |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production companies | Katz-Gallin Productions Half-Pint Productions Metromedia |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | December 5, 1983 |
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Choices of the Heart is an American made-for-television drama film based on the lives of the American Roman Catholic missionaries Jean Donovan, Dorothy Kazel, Maura Clarke, and Ita Ford, all of whom were murdered in El Salvador in 1980 during the Salvadoran Civil War.[1][2][3] The story primarily focuses on Donovan, played by Melissa Gilbert. The film also depicts the assassination of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, which occurred shortly before the women were killed.
- ^ Humanitas Prize winners list 1975-2006 Archived September 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1984 Humanitas Prize notation on film's IMDB page
- ^ John J. O'Connor New York Times, December 5 1983: "TV: DRAMA OF CHURCHWOMEN SLAIN IN EL SALVADOR"