Small Sacrifices (1989)
Genres: Biography, Drama, Crime
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp, John Shea
Small Sacrifices is a 1989 American made-for-television crime drama film written by Joyce Eliason and based on the best-selling true crime book by Ann Rule of the same name. The film is about Diane Downs and the murder and attempted murder of her three children. It stars Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp, John Shea and Emily Perkins. The film premiered in two parts on ABC on November 12 and 14, 1989.