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To Find My Son(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-10-06
53%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Overview:
A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply because he is single, he has an uphill battle with the government bureaucracy, and particularly with a power-hungry administrator. After many delays, they deny his application. Then, he finds a way to turn the tables on them for the boy's own good.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Green/Epstein Productions
Movie: To Find My Son
Top 10 Billed Cast
Richard Thomas
David Benjamin
Molly Cheek
Julie
Julie Cobb
Connie Marx
Steve Kanaly
Arthur Gwen
Allyn Ann McLerie
Mrs. Braggs
Arthur Rosenberg
Fred Willis
Ronald G. Joseph
Manny Garcia
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A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply because he is single, he has an uphill battle with the government bureaucracy, and particularly with a power-hungry administrator. After many delays, they deny his application. Then, he finds a way to turn the tables on them for the boy's own good.
Release Date
1980-10-06
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5.3
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