Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)
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Those who think that you can't make a suspense movie out of a true-life story wherein everybody knows the outcome are referred to the made-for-TV Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure. Jessica, of course, was the 18-month-old Texas girl who fell down an abandoned well in October of… More Those who think that you can't make a suspense movie out of a true-life story wherein everybody knows the outcome are referred to the made-for-TV Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure. Jessica, of course, was the 18-month-old Texas girl who fell down an abandoned well in October of 1987. As the world looks on in anguish, the local fire chief (Pat Hingle) and police chief (Beau Bridges) supervise the efforts to rescue Jessica from her 22-foot-deep prison. The film effectively squeezes the 58 hours of the original incident into two, allotting plenty of time for a surface-level subplot involving the efforts of a Victim's Assistance Program volunteer (Patty Duke) to reassure Jessica's parents. In keeping with Hollywood child-labor requirements, little Jessica McClure is played by twin girls, Laura and Jennifer Loesch. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mel Damski
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Kids & Family
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 21, 1989 Wide
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Cast
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Patty Duke
as Carolyn Henry
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Beau Bridges
as Czech
- Tom Christopher
- Mark Davenport
- Tim De Zarn
- Carmen Filpi
- Bo Foxworth
- Robin Frates
- Robin Gammell
- Michele Harrell
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Pat Hingle
as Roberts
- Don Hood
- Whip Hubley
- Jessie Jones
- Molly McClure
- Will Oldham
- Walter Olkewicz
- Jack Rader
- Rudy Ramos
- Nancy Stephens
- Guy Stockwell
- Dale Swann
- Mills Watson
- Hank Woessner
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Roxana Zal
as Cissy
- Daryl Anderson
- Dean Abston
- Kate Finlayson
- Scott Fults
- Connie Evans
- Bill Brochtrup
