A Father for Brittany

A Father for Brittany

7.6IMDb Score
Released:1998-03-15
Genre:Drama
Duration:91 min
Director:Alan Metzger
Actors:Andrew McCarthy, Michael Learned, Teri Polo, Linda Sorensen, Chuck Shamata
Production:Bright Street Pictures, East Coast Enterprises Inc., Grossbart Barnett Productions, Hamdon Entertainment, CBS

Overview:

Keith and Kim Lussier are a childless couple who are given custody of a 3-month-old foster child, Brittany. However, tragedy strikes when Kim dies of cancer in the middle of the adoption process, leaving Keith to fight for Brittany's custody alone.

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