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Director
  
Mel Damski

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Country
  
United States

Everybodys Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure movie poster

Release date
  
May 21, 1989 (1989-05-21) (U.S.)

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) is a dramatic television film for ABC, based on the true story of the rescue of 18-month-old Jessica McClure from a well. It featured, as extras, many participants in the actual rescue and its coverage.

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Plot

Based on the true story of Jessica McClure, the child who fell in an abandoned water well while playing in her aunt's backyard in Midland, Texas. She was stuck in the well 22 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the ground too much with machinery they could cause her to fall further down and die. Rescuers managed to successfully excavate alongside the well shaft and bring her to safety.

Cast

  • Beau Bridges – Police Chief Richard Czech
  • Pat Hingle – Fire Chief James Roberts
  • Roxana Zal – Cissy McClure
  • Will Oldham – Chip McClure
  • Whip Hubley – Robert O'Donnell
  • Robin Gammell – MSHA Investigator Thomas Kaye
  • Walter Olkewicz – Police Officer Andy Glasscock
  • Rudy Ramos – Police Officer Manny Beltran
  • Jack Rader – Public Information Officer James White
  • Guy Stockwell – Bill Jones
  • Daryl Anderson – Richard Armstrong
  • Mills Watson – Charles Boler
  • Patty Duke – Carolyn Henry
  • Laura Loesch – Jessica McClure
  • Jennifer Loesch – Jessica McClure

    • Production

    Although it is supposed to be set in Midland, Texas, the entire filming took place in the suburban backyard of Los Angeles, California.

    References

    Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure Wikipedia
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    Everybodys Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure IMDb Everybodys Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure themoviedb.org