A Sinful Life is a 1989 American comedy film directed by William Schreiner and written by Melanie Graham.

The film stars Anita Morris, Dennis Christopher, Shelly Desai, Rita Gomez, David Labiosa and Rick Overton.

Claire is seen in modern day, crying in front of the TV, and her daughter Baby consoles her.

Teacher knocks and announces herself and Claire panickedly flattens him out on the couch and covers him in pillows and an afghan.

Claire and Baby don’t let teacher sit on the couch, claiming it’s in bad shape.

Claire explains the father could be any of dozens of men with a connection to a local sperm bank.

Theresa arrives and suggests that if Claire married janitor, it would improve her standing at keeping custody.

Nathan Flowers calls the apartment to ask Claire to tell Theresa she is hogging the dryer in the laundry room.

Claire suggests Nathan stay for dinner, seductively describing that she will be cooking weiners and beans.

Nathan reads strange bible passages to Claire, who says that Baby really wants a peach couch ASAP.

Janitor begins boring holes through Claire’s apartment door, which she opens angrily.

Janitor explains he couldn’t stay away, because of how classy Claire is...that she has class “up the butt.” He expresses impatience for their upcoming marriage.

Janitor is upset, then angry and indignant, and storms off, promising to come back in her life like a half-crushed cockroach.

Janitor receives an investigatory letter saying that his former connection to a local sperm bank indicates that he may possibly be Baby’s father.

Teacher comes to speak with janitor...the only man who responded to an investigatory letter she sent to every man on the list of people connected to the local sperm bank, and offers him a job as a school janitor so that he will be employed, to improve his standing to be able to take custody of Baby away from Claire.

Teacher arrives for the birthday party and to inspect whether her required changes to the apartment have been made, meets Theresa, and Nathan, and also sees and sits on the new couch.

Claire angrily exclaims that her apartment is clean and she is engaged to a godfearing man in Nathan and that she is a suitable parent for Baby.

She is an older woman, overly made up, chewing gum, and does a fairly graceless raunchy dance inappropriate for a child’s party.

Flash back to Baby cheering with her pom-poms and jumping happily onto Claire whose heart is full of happiness.