Cracked Up is a 1987 American TV film starring Ed Asner.
[1] In 1986 a special aired on American TV called 48 Hours on Crack Street.
A few weeks later, in October, Aaron Spelling Productions approached writer-producer Peter Lefcourt to make a crack-related projected.
[1] "I didn't want to make another 48 Hours on Crack Street," said Lefcourt.
"We want to appeal to the youth audience and hope that through this film, kids who are contemplating putting this stuff in their throats, or have, will gain some courage not to, or to stop.