Fight for Life (1987)
Jerry Lewis plays an Ohio optometrist who has a six-year old daughter with epilepsy. He fights to get the FDA to approve a drug (at that time only available in England) for use in the U.S.
- Date of release
- 1987-03-23
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Elliot Silverstein
Casting
- Jerry Lewis — Dr. Bernard Abrams
- Morgan Freeman — Dr. Sherard
- Jaclyn Bernstein — Felice Abrams
- Gerard Parkes — Father Robert Hunt
- Patty Duke — Shirley Abrams
- Barry Morse — Dr. Whalley
- James Bearden
- Robert Benson — Dr. Keith
- Eve Crawford
- Marcia Diamond
- Rosemary Dunsmore
- Christopher Earle
Interesting facts
Fight for Life is a 1987 American made-for-television drama film starring Jerry Lewis, Patty Duke and Morgan Freeman. It was originally broadcast on March 23, 1987, on ABC.
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