Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Brief Synopsis
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An illiterate, unemployed woman abandoned by an abusive husband, puts her three children in a child-care center and then learns she has unwittingly signed them away to an unscrupulous private adoption agency and finds that she is the victim of a conspiracy. Emmy Award nominations for costume design
Cast & Crew
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Dick Lowry
Director
Mare Winningham
Kate Bradshaw
Polly Holliday
Mary Gertrude
John Anderson
Stanley Willard
Kate Capshaw
Elaine Rogers
Scatman Crothers
Mose Wheeler
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1982
Production Company
CBS Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
An illiterate, unemployed woman abandoned by an abusive husband, puts her three children in a child-care center and then learns she has unwittingly signed them away to an unscrupulous private adoption agency and finds that she is the victim of a conspiracy. Emmy Award nominations for costume design and hairstyles.
Director
Dick Lowry
Director
Cast
Mare Winningham
Kate Bradshaw
Polly Holliday
Mary Gertrude
John Anderson
Stanley Willard
Kate Capshaw
Elaine Rogers
Scatman Crothers
Mose Wheeler
Richard Dysart
Hunter Burgess
Mary Mccusker
Melissa
Peter Scolari
Woody Grant
Jane Wyatt
Judge Eloise Walker
Anne Haney
Mrs Sims
Lenora May
Susan Tyree
Robert Wightman
T C
Noble Willingham
Lander Hughes
Robert Alan Browne
Mr Lester
Conlan Carter
Reverend Hamner
Roger Hampton
Dock Foreman
Ernest Harden
1st Dude
Randy Patrick
Court Clerk
O-lan Jones
Donna
David Friedman
Tom Jr
Soleil Moon Frye
Mary Elizabeth
Marissa Cowman
Baby Ruth
Serena Cowman
Baby Ruth
Crew
Alex Bamattre
Sound Effects Editor
Jay Benson
Producer
Larry Bird
Property Master
Don Birnkrant
Director Of Photography
Don Birnkrant
Director Of Photography
Fred Blankfein
Assistant Director
Janice D Brandow
Hair Stylist
Byron Brandt
Editor
Chick Camera
Sound Effects Editor
Ellis Cohen
Costume Supervisor
Gene Eliot
Sound Effects Editor
John Eyler
Assistant Director
Doris Grau
Script Supervisor
Donald Harris
Music Editor
James Kail
Makeup
Fred Karlin
Music
William Kayden
Executive Producer
Richard Kent
Set Decorator
Jim Lawrence
Screenwriter
Vivian Mcrae
Casting
Mina Mittelman
Costume Supervisor
Paul Peters
Art Director
Nancy Sackett
Screenwriter
Melissa Skoff
Casting
Robert Stone
Unit Production Manager
Josef Von Stroheim
Sound Effects Editor
Ron Tinsley
Sound Effects Editor
Keith Wester
Sound Mixer
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1982
Production Company
CBS Entertainment
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States December 1, 1982
