Stolen Babies (1993)
Directed by Eric Laneuville
Genres - Drama, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature], Docudrama |
Release Date - Mar 24, 1993 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Inspired by a 60 Minutes story, the made-for-cable Stolen Babies is the fact-based story of supposed "angel of mercy" Georgia Tann. Throughout the 1940s, Ms. Tann oversaw the adoption of children from her Tennessee orphanage. Since she was considered a pillar of the community, few questioned Tann's methods. Only when dedicated social worker Anne Beals began chipping away at Tann's respectable veneer did a terrible truth come to light. The principal selling angle of Stolen Babies was the way-against-type casting of Mary Tyler Moore as purse-lipped, bespectacled, quietly sinister Georgia Tann (not surprisingly, Moore won an Emmy for this chilling performance). Lea Thompson was more traditionally cast as the whistle-blowing Annie Beals. Stolen Babies first aired March 25, 1993, over the Lifetime Cable service.
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social-worker, orphan, adoption, black-market, conspiracy