The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

Mar 6, 1974

1h 14m

★ 6.0

Overview

A young woman searching for her birth parents in order to fulfill her sense of identity joins with an organization that fights the bureaucracy keeping adoption records sealed.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Filmways Television

ABC

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Cast

Joanne Denver

Meredith Baxter

Chris Schroeder

Beau Bridges

Mr. Denver

Walter Brooke

Mrs. Denver

Neva Patterson

Emma Verko

Whitney Blake

Paul

Woody Chambliss

Mr. Gilbert

Ford Rainey

Mrs. Weiner

Maxine Stuart

Carol Sutton

Patricia Harty

Mrs. Quayle

Mary Murphy

Bob

Bill Vint

Mrs. Carter

Anne Barton

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