In Defense of Kids
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When a female lawyer finds a girl hiding in the back of her car, it starts her thinking, and she decides to give up her job to open up a refuge for neglected children.
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17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Blythe Danner
as Ellen Wilcox
Joyce Van Patten
as Caroline Ruben
Georg Stanford Brown
as Ben Humphries
Beth Ehlers
as Marie Shurtleff
Tony La Torre
as Alex Giankanis
Khalif Bobatoon
as Gordon
Noelle Parker
as Chairman Basillio
James Winkler
as Mr. Cathcart
Ken Pogue
as Mr. Shurtleff
Ann Sweeny
as Mrs. Giankanis
Royce Wallace
as Mrs. Patterson
Charles Jolliffe
as Les
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