Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica

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Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica

1993

1h 36m

4.8(5 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

Based on the infamous "Baby Jessica" case, A heated custody battle between her biological and adoptive parents leaves a little girl caught in the crossfire.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Susan Dey

Roberta "Robby" DeBoer

David Keith

Dan Schmidt

Michael Ontkean

Jan DeBoer

Amanda Plummer

Cara Clausen

Tom McBeath

John Monroe

Marilyn Norry

Joann Hoffpauir

Iris Quinn

Mrs Schmidt

Tom Heaton

Shorty

Walter Marsh

Judge Ager

Alf Humphreys

Uncle Barry

Creative team

Directed by: John Kent Harrison
Written by: Lucinda Franks
David Seidler
Produced by: Bernard Sofronski
Robert Frederick

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