Bless the Child

Aug 11, 2000

1h 47m

★ 5.3

Mankind's last hope just turned six.

Overview

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

Genres

Drama

Horror

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) BTC Productions

Paramount Pictures

Icon Productions

Bless the Child Trailers

Cast

Maggie O'Connor

Kim Basinger

Agent John Travis

Jimmy Smits

Eric Stark

Rufus Sewell

Reverend Grissom

Ian Holm

Jenna

Angela Bettis

Cody

Holliston Coleman

Cheri Post

Christina Ricci

Sister Rosa

Lumi Cavazos

Det. Frank Bugatti

Michael Gaston

Stuart

Eugene Lipinski

Dahnya

Dimitra Arliss

Maria

Anne Betancourt

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