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A Place To Be Loved is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 4 april 1993 with Richard Crenna
A Place To Be Loved (1993)
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Add to a movie listA Place to Be Loved is a 1993 American television movie with Richard Crenna and Rhea Perlman. It was released in the United Kingdom under the title Shattered Family.
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Gregory Kingsley is a boy, abused by his father, who is placed with social services by his mother. The foster family he is put into proves to be the type of nurturing environment he needs. He ends up taking his mother to court, to have her parental rights revoked, in hopes of being adopted by his foster family. The story is based on a real life case of child abuse.Actors
Richard Crenna
(George Russ)
Rhea Perlman
(Jerry Blair)
Linda Kelsey
(Liz Russ)
Tom Guiry
(Gregory K)
Cotter Smith
(Mike Caldwell)
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