A Father for Brittany (1998)
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Childless couple Keith and Kim Lussier (Andrew McCarthy and Teri Polo) have seemingly had their prayers answered when they are placed in charge of 3-month old foster child Brittany. When the couple decides to adopt the child, it is Kim who seems most enthusiastic about her prospective parenthood, while the noncommittal Keith assumes a "whatever" posture. And then, disaster strikes: Kim is diagnosed with cancer. When it seems as though she'll recover, the adoption agency elects to allow the couple to continue caring for Brittany--and in the process Keith, who has had to take full responsibility during Kim's convalescence and treatment, grows to dearly love Brittany and proves to be an ideal apart. Alas, Kim goes into remission and dies, whereupon the agency falls back on its long-standing policy that no single parent be permitted to adopt. Keith long, agonizing legal battle to win full custody of Brittany serves as the climax to the fact-based TV movie A Father for Brittany (home video title:Change of Heart, which originally aired March 15, 1998, on CBS.
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Cast
Teri Polo
as Kim Lussier
as Kim Lussier
Andrew McCarthy
as Keith Lussier
as Keith Lussier
Shirley Knight
as Donna Minkiewicz
as Donna Minkiewicz
Michael Learned
as Edna Humphries
as Edna Humphries
Chuck Shamata
as Bob Minkiewicz
as Bob Minkiewicz
Andrew Tarbet
as Jack
as Jack
Linda Sorenson
as Marge Lussier
as Marge Lussier
Jonathan Welsh
as Robert Lussier
as Robert Lussier
Terry Tweed
as Edith Sergeant
as Edith Sergeant
Diana Belshaw
as Bea
as Bea
Robert Bockstael
as Atty. Sam Turturro
as Atty. Sam Turturro
Linda Brooks
as Reporter #1
as Reporter #1
Hugo Dann
as Father John
as Father John
Dan Duran
as Field Reporter
as Field Reporter
Deborah Grover
as Judge Harriot Richards
as Judge Harriot Richards
Judah Katz
as Jacobs
as Jacobs
Jenny Kim
as Brittany Lussier (3 months)
as Brittany Lussier (3 months)
Hannah Kim
as Brittany Lussier (3 months)
as Brittany Lussier (3 months)
Caroline Lee
as Brittany Lussier (10 months)
as Brittany Lussier (10 months)
Catherine Lee
as Brittany Lussier (10 months)
as Brittany Lussier (10 months)
Merle Matheson
as Reporter 2
as Reporter 2
Paul Miller
as Atty. Schiller
as Atty. Schiller
Panou
as Howie
as Howie
Ric Reid
as Elliot Carver
as Elliot Carver
David Sparrow
as Neal
as Neal
Sugith Varughese
as Doctor
as Doctor
Sally Willis
as Nurse
as Nurse
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