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The Children Nobody Wanted

1981
Directed byRichard Michaels
1h 40m

True story of Tom Butterfield and his crusade to provide family life for homeless children, becoming not only the first bachelor caretaker, but the youngest single adult to become a legal foster parent in the state of Missouri.

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Fredric LehneTom ButterfieldMichelle PfeifferJennifer WilliamsMatt Clark
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DramaTV Movie
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.3

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