
Half a Dozen Babies(1999)
Told she was unlikely to conceive, a woman taking fertility drugs gives birth to sextuplets.
Movie: Half a Dozen Babies

Half a Dozen Babies
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Told she was unlikely to conceive, a woman taking fertility drugs gives birth to sextuplets.
Release Date
1999-05-17
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7.75
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