Cruel But Necessary is a 2005 independent film directed by Canadian actordirector Saul Rubinek. Actress Wendel Meldrum took a turn as a screenwriter for this project. Meldrum stars in the film as Betty Munson, a woman struggling to put her life back together after her marriage falls apart. Betty decides to secretly videotape family, friends, and others to help understand the truth of her life. Meldrums own exhusband, Mark Humphrey, and son, Luke Humphrey, play her onscreen exhusband and son.
Wendel Meldrum as Betty Munson Mark Humphrey as Doug Munson Luke Humphrey as Darwin Munson Fred Goss as Chad James OConnell as Teddy Julie Payne as Pearl Lisa Zane as Gynecologist
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