Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)

  • NR
  • 10/05/1992 (US)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 40m

Overview

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...?

Andy Tennant

Director

Cast

Jeremy Sisto's headshot

Jeremy Sisto

Josh Ryan
Reese Witherspoon's headshot

Reese Witherspoon

Cassie Robbins
Joseph Mazzello's headshot

Joseph Mazzello

Willy Robbins
Bruce McGill's headshot

Bruce McGill

Dan Ryan
Joanna Kerns's headshot

Joanna Kerns

Mel Robbins
Bruce Davison's headshot

Bruce Davison

Richard Robbins
Steven Gilborn's headshot

Steven Gilborn

Dr. Andrews
J.D. Hall's headshot

J.D. Hall

Coach Watson

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