The Baby Maker(1970)
The beauty of creating life. The freedom to give it away...
Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.
Movie: The Baby Maker
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Tish Gray
Suzanne
Jay Wilcox
Tad Jacks
Charlotte
Mrs. Culnick
Wanda
Dexter
Tish's Mother
Tish's Grandmother
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Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.
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1970-10-01
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The beauty of creating life. The freedom to give it away...
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