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directed by

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and starring

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and Walter Brooke. The cast includes

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, who was Meredith Baxter's real-life mother; Bill Vint, who starred in the drive-in classic ''

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'', as well as future ''

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'' star

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, who has a small part. The film originally premiered as the ''

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'' on March 6, 1974.

Plot

Joanne Denver was adopted at birth and is searching for her birth parents. She meets Chris Schroeder, who is also adopted and is searching for his birth parents.

Cast

as Joanne Denver *

as Chris Schroeder * Walter Brooke as Mr. Denver *

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as Mrs. Denver *

as Emma Verko * Woody Chambliss as Paul (as Woodrow Chambliss) *

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as Mr. Gilbert *

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as Mrs. Weiner * Patricia Harty as Carol Sutton * Mary Murphy as Mrs. Quayle * Bill Vint as Bob * Anne Barton as Mrs. Carter * Warren Miller as Mike Sutton * Linda Morrow as Gloria * Victor Bevine as Gary * Cecil Elliott as Gramma Dupre (as Cecil Elliot) * Jan Arvan as Uncle Charles *

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as Charles Verko (as Biff Elliott) * Tom Moses as Clerk * Sylvia Walden as Adoptive Parent #1 * Millie Slavin as Adoptive Parent #2 *

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as Adoptive Parent #3 * Jocelyn Jones as Adoptee #1 * Susan Adams as Adoptee #2 *

as Adoptee #3 * Warren Seabury as Adoptee #4

References

External links

* 1974 television films 1974 films 1974 drama films American drama television films ABC Movie of the Week Films directed by Larry Peerce 1970s English-language films 1970s American films English-language drama films {{US-tv-drama-film-stub