Christine (1983 film) choke on a hamburger. Christine locks the doors and Arnie cannot get in to help Leigh, but Leigh manages to pull the lock open and is saved when a man in the car next to them administers the Heimlich maneuver. Sure that Christine is jealous of her, she vows never to get into the car again and urges Arnie to get rid of it. She and Arnie break up when he refuses to even consider this. Angry with Arnie over being expelled after a confrontation in shop class, school bully Buddy Repperton vandalizes Christine with the help of his gang.
Christine Sadler Christine Sadler Christine Sadler (1902–1983), born in Silver Point, Putnam County, Tennessee, was an American author, journalist, and magazine editor. Christine Sadler received her undergraduate degree from Peabody College (now an affiliate of Vanderbilt University) and her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1937. Originally a journalist for the "Nashville Banner" (1930–1936), she was a reporter, national news bureau staffer and Sunday Editor for The Washington Post from 1937 until 1946. She was president of the Women's National Press Club early in her career in Washington. Sadler was the first woman to cover a national political convention for