Absolute Strangers

Absolute Strangers

★ 0.0IMDb Score
Released:1991-04-14
Duration:96 min
Director:Gilbert Cates
Actors:Henry Winkler, Patty Duke, Richard Kiley, Audra Lindley, Karl Malden
Production:Fries Entertainment, Gilbert Cates Productions, CBS

Overview:

A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a legal campaign to gain legal custody of the fetus.

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