Desperate Choices: To Save My Child | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Sandra Jennings Maggie Kleinman |
Directed by | Andy Tennant |
Starring | Joanna Kerns |
Music by | John M. Keane |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Andrew Adelson |
Cinematography | Peter Stein |
Editor | Debra Neil-Fisher (as Debra Neil) |
Running time | 100 mins. |
Production companies | ABC Productions (in association with) Andrew Adelson Company Empty Chair Productions Inc. |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | October 5, 1992 |
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