An Early Frost

When AIDS hits home... what does a family do?

An Early Frost — Plot

Successful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from his mother, Katherine, father, Nick, and grandmother Beatrice. But when Michael discovers he has AIDS and is dying of complications from the disease, he must open up to his parents and the rest of his family. Though fearful of their reactions, he introduces them to his longtime lover, Peter, and looks to them for support.

• Release date
• May 1, 1985
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Drama, TV Movie
• Director
• John Erman

An Early Frost — Cast

Aidan Quinn Michael Pierson Gena Rowlands Katherine Pierson Ben Gazzara Nick Pierson Sylvia Sidney Beatrice McKenna D.W. Moffett Peter Hilton John Glover Victor DiMato Sydney Walsh Susan Maracek Terry O'Quinn Dr. Redding