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In Defense of Kids

7.019831h 40mPG-13MovieTV MovieDrama

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.

DirectorGene Reynolds
WriterMichele Gallery
ProducerSeth Freeman

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Cast · Directed by Gene Reynolds

BDBlythe Danner
Blythe Danner
Ellen Wilcox
SWSam Waterston
Sam Waterston
Paul Wilcox
JPJoyce Van Patten
Joyce Van Patten
Caroline Ruben
GBGeorg Stanford Brown
Georg Stanford Brown
Ben Humphries
BEBeth Ehlers
Beth Ehlers
Marie Shurtleff
TT
Tony La Torre
Alex Giankanis
KB
Khalif Bobatoon
Gordon
NPNoelle Parker
Noelle Parker
Chairman Basillio
JW
James Winkler
Mr. Cathcart
KPKen Pogue
Ken Pogue
Mr. Shurtleff
ASAnn Sweeny
Ann Sweeny
Mrs. Giankanis
RWRoyce Wallace
Royce Wallace
Mrs. Patterson

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In Defense of Kids hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 25, 1983. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.