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Jewel(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-02-07
60%
9 Votes
Time: 2h 0m
The world refused to help her special child... but she never gave up hope.
Overview:
In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndrome.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Jewel
Top 10 Billed Cast
Farrah Fawcett
Jewel Hilburn
Patrick Bergin
Leston Hilburn
Cicely Tyson
Cathedral
Robin Dunne
Wilman Hilburn (Age 18-26)
Peter Donaldson
Nathan White
Kelly Harms
Burton Hilburn (Age 19-27)
Kristin Booth
Annie Hilburn (Age 19)
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Overview
In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndrome.
Release Date
2001-02-07
Average
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3.0 startsTagline
The world refused to help her special child... but she never gave up hope.
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