A Father for Brittany (1998)
Keith was helpless to save his wife from an incurable illness, but he will fight to save his baby daughter from an unjust system.
Keith and Kim Lussier are a childless couple who are given custody of a 3-month-old foster child, Brittany. However, tragedy strikes when Kim dies of cancer in the middle of the adoption process, leaving Keith to fight for Brittany's custody alone.
- Date of release
- 1998-03-15
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Alan Metzger
Casting
- Andrew McCarthy — Keith Lussier
- Michael Learned — Edna Humphreys
- Teri Polo — Kim Lussier
- Linda Sorensen — Marge Lussier
- Chuck Shamata — Bob Minkowitz
- Andrew Tarbet — Jack
- Jonathan Welsh — Robert Lussier
- Diana Belshaw — Bea
- Shirley Knight — Donna Minkowitz
Interesting facts
A Father for Brittany is a 1998 American made-for-television drama film and based on a true story. Andrew McCarthy and Teri Polo play a husband and wife who try to adopt a child. The film originally premiered on CBS on March 15, 1998.
Production
It was shot between October and November 1997 in Toronto, Canada, with working titles including The Child in Question and The Keith Lussier Story. At three months old, Brittany was portrayed by sisters Jenny and Hanna Kim, while at 10 months old she was portrayed by Caroline and Catherine Lee.
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