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The Children Nobody Wanted

1981 · Richard Michaels · 100 min

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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 LehneTom Butterfield

Michelle PfeifferJennifer Williams

Matt ClarkBill Westbrook

Noble WillinghamMcNaulty

Anne HaneyMrs. Lightheart JJoey TurleyJoey

Barbara BarrieHanna

Jerry HardinDr. Watson

F. William ParkerGeorge Meuschke

Earl BoenMadden RRyan BarcroftAndrew PPatrick HolcerDwayne JJames Spinks IIIZim VVan StapletonBobby GGary RieflePete

Cast

Fredric LehneTom Butterfield

Michelle PfeifferJennifer Williams

Matt ClarkBill Westbrook

Noble WillinghamMcNaulty

Anne HaneyMrs. Lightheart JJoey TurleyJoey

Barbara BarrieHanna

Jerry HardinDr. Watson

F. William ParkerGeorge Meuschke

Earl BoenMadden RRyan BarcroftAndrew PPatrick HolcerDwayne JJames Spinks IIIZim VVan StapletonBobby GGary RieflePete

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