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Overview
Rip Porter is sentenced to seven years in prison for beating his wife, Wendy. When he is released, he discovers that Wendy gave up their child, and the privileged Campbell family adopted him. The two families are soon in a legal battle for the child they both love.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-02-05
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- lucky crow films, Downes Brothers Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mira Sorvino as Wendy Porter
- Barry Pepper as Rip Porter
- Cole Hauser as Jack Campbell
- Kate Levering as Molly Campbell
- Maxwell Perry Cotton as Joey Campbell
- L. Scott Caldwell as Allyson Bower
- Abby Brammell as Beth Norton
- Kirk B.R. Woller as Bill Norton
- Brett Rice as Judge Evans
- Chad Gundersen as Cop 1
- Timothy Twisdale as Cop 2
- Neil Ronco as Tom Alonzo
Crew
- Jon Gunn - Director
- Michael Lachance - Writer
- Stephen J. Rivele - Writer
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