The Children Nobody Wanted

December. 05,1981      
Rating:
6.3
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True story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the youngest single adult to become a legal foster parent in the state of Missouri.

Fredric Lehne as  Tom Butterfield
Michelle Pfeiffer as  Jennifer Williams
Matt Clark as  Bill Westbrook
Noble Willingham as  McNaulty
Anne Haney as  Mrs. Lightheart
Barbara Barrie as  Hanna
Jerry Hardin as  Dr. Watson
F. William Parker as  George Meuschke
Earl Boen as  Madden
Gary Houston as  Sadistic Orderly

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