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Love Child (1982)

Love Child

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R

1h 36m

Crime, Drama, Romance

October 15th, 1982

5.6/10

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It's an extraordinarily touching true-story about Terry Jean Moore, the determined, independent and young woman who is imprisoned for 7 years on account of a "five dollar" robbery. In the prison she will be pregnant by a jailer and she has to fight for bear and keep her child.

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Cast

Amy Madigan
Terry Jean Moore
Beau Bridges
Jack Hansen
Mackenzie Phillips
J.J.
Albert Salmi
Captain Ellis
Joanna Merlin
Mrs. Sturgis
Margaret Whitton
Jacki Steinberg
Lewis Smith
Jesse Chaney
Dennis Lipscomb
Arthur Brady
Anna Maria Horsford
Mara
Michael Shane
Judge Hare
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Directors

Larry Peerce
Full cast & crew

Producers

Paul Maslansky
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Anne Gerard
(screenplay) and
Katherine Specktor
screenplay
Anne Gerard
story
Full cast & crew

Taglines

At 19, she was convicted of armed robbery. At 20, she fell in love with a prison guard and had his baby. This is the true story of a courageous woman's fight for the only right she had left.
A woman fights to keep her baby...behind bars! [home video]
At 19 they took away her freedom. At 20 they tried to take her baby.
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Keywords

love triangle
fire
baby
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

October 14th, 1983 (Finland)
February 10th, 1984 (Portugal)
October 15th, 1982 (United States of America)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Love Child (original title)
Criança Amada: Uma História Real (Brazil)
Liberdade para Amar: Uma História Real (Brazil) (video title)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Broward Correctional Institution - 20421 Sheridan Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA (penitentiary)
Broward County, Florida, USA
Florida, USA
All Locations

Running Times

96 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.85 : 1

Production Companies

The Ladd Company
Warner Bros. Pictures

Distribution Companies

Warner Home Video (Australia)
Roadshow Film Distributors (Australia)
Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil)
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Other Companies

Filmation Associates ("Blackstar" animated sequence courtesy of) (as Filmation Studios)
Pickwick/Maslansky/Koenigsberg Inc. (publicity) (as Pickwick/Maslansky/Koenigsberg)
Evergreen Recording Studios (music scored at)
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