Carrie Buck is a young intellectually disabled woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after it's taken from her since Carrie has been declared mentally incompetent to raise her baby by herself.
Cast
Marlee Matlin
Carrie Buck
Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Prentice
Peter Frechette
Adam White
Pat Hingle
Arthur Kent
Joe Inscoe
Ian Strand
John Bennes
Governor Trinkle
James Martin Jr.
Campaign Manager
Elaine Nalee
Alice Evans
Terry Loughlin
Joseph Evans
Sharyn Greene
Elizabeth Lake
Moses Gibson
Feenie
Trenton McDevitt
Gregory Lake
Tammy Arnold
Miss Frederick
J. Michael Hunter
Dr. Harry Laughlin
Laddy Sartin
Journalist
Mark Jeffrey Miller
Orderly #1
Michael Burgess
Black Man
Nello Tare
Willem Sherman
Ed Grady
Chief Director
Stan Kelly
Judge Henry
Joanne Pankow
Matron
David Lenthall
Professor Morgan
Crew
John David Coles
Director
Brian L. Ross
Writer, Co-Producer
Angelo Corrao
Editor
Ron Fortunato
Cinematography
Janet Faust Krusi
Executive Producer
Frederic C. Weiler
Production Design
Chaim Kantor
Camera Operator
Ted Churchill
Steadicam Operator
Hal Harrison
Post Production Supervisor
Peggy Farrell
Costume Design
Micky Erbe
Music
Maribeth Solomon
Music
Tommy Ray Sullivan
Gaffer
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