Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure


2h 1989

Brief Synopsis

A movie about Jessica McClure, the 18-month-old child from Midland, Texas, who in October 1987 was trapped for two days in an abandoned well. Hundreds of volunteers mobilized to rescue her.

Film Details

Also Known As
Jessica McClure Story, The
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1989
Location
Midland, Texas, USA; Bellflower, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

A movie about Jessica McClure, the 18-month-old child from Midland, Texas, who in October 1987 was trapped for two days in an abandoned well. Hundreds of volunteers mobilized to rescue her.

Crew

Teri Abastado

Production Accountant

Teresa Austin

Makeup

Barbara Ayers

Costume Designer

Cherie Baker

Set Decorator

Dick Berg

Executive Producer

Ron Binkowski

Editor

Joseph E Boston

Production Manager

Charles Brescia

Assistant Director

Regge Bulman

Assistant Camera Operator

Janet Burrows

Assistant

Patricia Clifford

Executive Producer

Richard Delabio

Production Assistant

Don Devine

Camera Operator

Joanie Diener

Music Editor

Ben Edwards

Production Designer

Ronald Ehrlich

Assistant Editor

Danielle Elaine

Script Supervisor

David Eyre

Screenplay

Ted Field

Executive Producer

Elizabeth Galloway

Production Coordinator

Dan Gecenok

Sound Designer

Susan Glicksman

Casting

Vickie Graef

Costume Designer

Marlin Hall

Key Grip

Brian Hamblet

Production Assistant

Rick Herrington

Gaffer

Jeremy Hoenack

Sound Editor

C Robert Holloway

Other

Shelly Johnson

Director Of Photography

John Kander

Co-Executive Producer

Diana Kerew

Producer

Ingeborg Larson

Sound Designer

Philip Lee

Camera Operator

Susan Lipson

Hair

Brian Maguire

Technical Advisor

Riley Morgan

Property Master

Will Murley

Technical Advisor

James Oberman

Transportation Captain

Fern Orenstein

Casting

Victor Paul

Stunt Coordinator

Claire Perry

Assistant

Susan Polloack

Assistant Camera Operator

Michael Powels

Assistant Property Master

Scott Ressler

Assistant Camera Operator

Don Roberts

Assistant Director

Bart Roe

Assistant Director

John Salcedo

Boom Operator

Debra Sanderson

Dga Trainee

Fred Schultz

Sound Mixer

Mark Snow

Music

Danny L Swanson

Transportation Coordinator

Rob Sweeney

Assistant Camera Operator

Hank Wynands

Construction Coordinator

Film Details

Also Known As
Jessica McClure Story, The
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1989
Location
Midland, Texas, USA; Bellflower, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of a 1990 Christopher Award.

Aired in United States May 21, 1989

Previous title: "The Jessica McClure Story."

Began shooting March 22, 1989.

Completed shooting April 11, 1989.

Rodney Wunsch, a former reporter for ABC's KMID-TV in Midland, Texas, who actually covered the rescue, plays himself in the movie.