A Father for Brittany

Mar 15, 1998

1h 31m

★ 7.5

Keith was helpless to save his wife from an incurable illness, but he will fight to save his baby daughter from an unjust system.

Overview

Keith and Kim Lussier are a childless couple who are given custody of a 3-month-old foster child, Brittany. However, tragedy strikes when Kim dies of cancer in the middle of the adoption process, leaving Keith to fight for Brittany's custody alone.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Bright Street Pictures

East Coast Enterprises Inc.

Grossbart Barnett Productions

Hamdon Entertainment

CBS

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Cast

Keith Lussier

Andrew McCarthy

Edna Humphreys

Michael Learned

Kim Lussier

Teri Polo

Marge Lussier

Linda Sorensen

Bob Minkowitz

Chuck Shamata

Jack

Andrew Tarbet

Robert Lussier

Jonathan Welsh

Bea

Diana Belshaw

Donna Minkowitz

Shirley Knight

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