Fight for Life (film)
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Director Elliot Silverstein Produced by Ian McDougall Duration Country United States | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Production companies Charles W. Fries Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Tom Nesi , Scott Nisor Release date March 23, 1987 (1987-03-23) Cast Jerry Lewis (Dr. Bernard Abrams), Morgan Freeman (Dr. Sherard), Jaclyn-Rose Lester (Felice Abrams (as Jaclyn Bernstein)), Gerard Parkes (Father Robert Hunt), Patty Duke (Shirley Abrams), Barry Morse (Dr. Whalley)Similar movies Patty Duke appears in Fight for Life and A Killer Among Friends | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fight For Life is a television film produced in 1986 and broadcast on March 23, 1987 on the ABC Television Network.
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Plot
Dr. Bernard Abrams (Jerry Lewis), an Ohio optometrist, and his wife Shirley Abrams(Patty Duke) have a six-year-old daughter that suffers from a rare form of epilepsy. The child's paraplegic doctor (Morgan Freeman) cares for her. As for the little girl's parents, they need to have a drug approved from the Food and Drug Administration. However, the process is slow and they are forced to fly to England to obtain the medication. They take their cause to the media in order to highlight their case and force the FDA to expedite its decision on use in America.
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Home media
The film was released twice on DVD. The first release was on September 4, 2012 on a Morgan Freeman dual release with Moll Flanders. It was later released on October 31, 2012 on an Amazon exclusive dual 'Family Film' release with Dominick and Eugene.
References
Fight for Life (film) WikipediaFight for Life (film) IMDb Fight for Life (film) themoviedb.org