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The Children Nobody Wanted

Directed by Richard Michaels
1981    1h 40m
Drama, TV Movie
6.3
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Based on the 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.
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Cast of The Children Nobody Wanted
  • Fredric LehneTom Butterfield
  • Michelle PfeifferJennifer Williams
  • Matt ClarkBill Westbrook
  • Noble WillinghamMcNaulty
  • Anne HaneyMrs. Lightheart
  • Joey TurleyJoey
  • Barbara BarrieHanna
  • Jerry HardinDr. Watson
  • F. William ParkerGeorge Meuschke
  • Earl BoenMadden
  • Ryan BarcroftAndrew
  • Patrick HolcerDwayne
  • James Spinks IIIZim
  • Van StapletonBobby
  • Gary RieflePete
  • John MurphyDanny
  • Ron Christopher NielsenRay
  • Jeffrey Todd NielsenBilly
  • Sonja LanzenerNurse
  • Gary HoustonSadistic Orderly
  • Megan MullallySharon
  • Charlene RomeroMiss Cornwall
  • Joe LeahyReal Estate Man
  • Dick SolowiczSheriff
  • Chelcie RossRalph
  • Everett SmithWalter Wilson
  • Nathan DavisOrville
  • Sarah HainsRegistrar
  • Joel FahnestockJill
  • Ted NooseAngry Businessman
  • David SchmidtJason
  • Steven ButterfieldDelford
  • Judith PenrodJennifer Today (voice)

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