The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me

1974•1h 14m•6.0/10

DramaTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(1)

A young woman searching for her birth parents in order to fulfill her sense of identity joins with an organization that fights the bureaucracy keeping adoption records sealed.

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Production

Filmways Television, ABC

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Meredith Baxter

Meredith Baxter

Joanne Denver

Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges

Chris Schroeder

Walter Brooke

Walter Brooke

Mr. Denver

Neva Patterson

Neva Patterson

Mrs. Denver

Whitney Blake

Whitney Blake

Emma Verko

Woody Chambliss

Woody Chambliss

Paul

Ford Rainey

Ford Rainey

Mr. Gilbert

Maxine Stuart

Maxine Stuart

Mrs. Weiner

Patricia Harty

Patricia Harty

Carol Sutton

Mary Murphy

Mary Murphy

Mrs. Quayle

Bill Vint

Bill Vint

Bob

Anne Barton

Mrs. Carter

Warren Miller

Warren Miller

Mike Sutton

Linda Morrow

Gloria

Victor Bevine

Victor Bevine

Gary

Cecil Elliott

Gramma Dupre

Jan Arvan

Jan Arvan

Uncle Charles

Biff Elliot

Biff Elliot

Charles Verko

Tom Moses

Clerk

Sylvia Walden

Adoptive Parent #1

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