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Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)

1992-10-05 · 1h 40m · EN
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Sixteen-year-old Cassie Robbins is a spirited teenage girl, who loves her father Richard and stepmother Mel and dotes on her six-year-old half-brother Willy. But her carefree, happy life is forever changed when she is diagnosed with leukeamia and her only hope of a cure lies in a bone-marrow transplant. However, when Willy proves to be a match, Mel is not-so-willing to allow her young son to undergo surgery as he nearly died the last time he was operated on after reacting badly to the anaesthetic. Mel and Richard now have to decide if it right to risk the life of one of their children to save the life of the other child. And of Willy's own rights in deciding if he should help the sister he hero-worships...?

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Andy TennantDirector

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Jeremy SistoJeremy SistoJosh RyanReese WitherspoonReese WitherspoonCassie RobbinsJoseph MazzelloJoseph MazzelloWilly RobbinsBruce McGillBruce McGillDan RyanJoanna KernsJoanna KernsMel RobbinsBruce DavisonBruce DavisonRichard RobbinsSteven GilbornSteven GilbornDr. AndrewsJ.D. HallJ.D. HallCoach WatsonWilliam NewmanWilliam NewmanDr. EdwardsDebby ShivelyDebby ShivelyAngela VincenteLarry BrandenburgLarry BrandenburgEd FosterShaun DukeShaun DukeBenny

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Genre affinityDrama · Tv MovieDialogue densityDramaDirector preference34836Actor preference72540 · 3689 · 27510Country preferenceUsDecade preference1990

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What is Desperate Choices: To Save My Child about?

Sixteen-year-old Cassie Robbins is a spirited teenage girl, who loves her father Richard and stepmother Mel and dotes on her six-year-old half-brother Willy. But her carefree, happy life is forever changed when she is diagnosed with leukeamia and her only hope of a cure lies in a bone-marrow transplant. However, when Willy proves to be a match, Mel is not-so-willing to allow her young son to undergo surgery as he nearly died the last time he was operated on after reacting badly to the anaesthetic. Mel and Richard now have to decide if it right to risk the life of one of their children to save the life of the other child. And of Willy's own rights in deciding if he should help the sister he hero-worships...?

How long is Desperate Choices: To Save My Child?

Desperate Choices: To Save My Child has a runtime of 100 minutes.