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A Child's Cry for Help (1994)

NR · 1994-11-13 · 1h 50m · EN
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A recently widowed doctor moves with her daughter to start at a new hospital. While there a loving mother brings her son in for treatment. The doctor suspects that there is something wrong, and theorizes that the mother is deliberately making her son sick so that she could bring him to the hospital for the attention that it gives her. When the doctor decides to restrict the mother's access to her son and is reporting her to child services, the mother in turn decides to sue the doctor and the hospital. And some of the hospital board don't agree with her diagnosis or think that she's over-reacting. And even while the mother's not allowed access to her son, he is still sick, so is the doctor right or wrong?

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Sandor SternDirector

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Veronica HamelVeronica HamelDr. Paula SpencerPam DawberPam DawberMonica ShawLisa JakubLisa JakubAmanda SpencerDaniel Hugh KellyDaniel Hugh KellyDonald PrescottCynthia MartellsCynthia MartellsThelmaWendelin HarstonWendelin HarstonBonnieDaniel BenzaliDaniel BenzaliDr. Everett MorrisTupper CullumTupper CullumMichael TrentonJames Pickens Jr.James Pickens Jr.Brad CurrieTobey MaguireTobey MaguirePeter LivelyJeff WilliamsJeff WilliamsDr. Alec JeffersonZachary CharlesZachary CharlesEric Shaw

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Genre affinityDrama · Tv MovieDialogue densityDramaDirector preference97979Actor preference207669 · 176029 · 268924Country preferenceUsDecade preference1990

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What is A Child's Cry for Help about?

A recently widowed doctor moves with her daughter to start at a new hospital. While there a loving mother brings her son in for treatment. The doctor suspects that there is something wrong, and theorizes that the mother is deliberately making her son sick so that she could bring him to the hospital for the attention that it gives her. When the doctor decides to restrict the mother's access to her son and is reporting her to child services, the mother in turn decides to sue the doctor and the hospital. And some of the hospital board don't agree with her diagnosis or think that she's over-reacting. And even while the mother's not allowed access to her son, he is still sick, so is the doctor right or wrong?

How long is A Child's Cry for Help?

A Child's Cry for Help has a runtime of 110 minutes.