Baby Brokers

*Baby Brokers*
Baby Brokers
Written by	Susan Nanus
Directed by	Mimi Leder
Starring	Cybill Shepherd; Nina Siemaszko; Anna Maria Horsford; Jeffrey Nordling; Tom O'Brien; Joseph Maher; Shirley Knight
Composer	Anthony Marinelli
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Boris Malden
Cinematography	Neil Roach
Editor	Jacque Elaine Toberen
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Steinhardt Baer Pictures Company; BBK Productions; Columbia Pictures Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	February 21, 1994;

Baby Brokers is a 1994 American true-life-event drama film directed by Mimi Leder and written by Susan Nanus. The film stars Cybill Shepherd, Nina Siemaszko, Anna Maria Horsford, Jeffrey Nordling, Tom O'Brien, Joseph Maher and Shirley Knight. The film premiered on NBC on February 21, 1994.[1][2][3]

Plot

Debbie Freeman (Shepherd) is an LA psychotherapist who wants to adopt a baby. An expectant couple, Leanne (Siemaszko) and Frankie Dees (O'Brien), who at first appear willing to let her privately adopt their child in exchange for financially supporting them for six months during Leanne's pregnancy, disappear when Freeman discovers they are in negotiations with another couple. The Dees, who gave up numerous children in the past while scamming multiple couples with each pregnancy, also run out on the latest prospective parents, leaving behind an incriminating notebook with names and phone numbers.[4] Taking her story public, Freeman is instrumental in the Dees' arrest and Leanne's later conviction in federal court for multiple counts of mail and wire fraud. Freeman's going public with her anguish in losing a child she expected to adopt results in a woman reaching out to her to arrange a private adoption.

Cast

Cybill Shepherd as Debbie Freeman
Nina Siemaszko as Leeanne Dees
Anna Maria Horsford as Randi
Jeffrey Nordling as John
Tom O'Brien as Frankie Dees
Joseph Maher as Leo
Shirley Knight as Sylvia
Gary Werntz as Dick Plager
Leah Lail as Carly
Lou Liberatore as Tom Culbert
Scott Jaeck as Scott Tillman
Lynn Milgrim as Laurie Tillman
Peter Crook as Dr. Robert Silk
Catherine MacNeal as Rita Hoyt
Bob McCracken as Alan Hoyt
Barbara Worthington as Sister Elizabeth
Takayo Fischer as Dr. Emily Weiss
Esther Scott as Polly O'Neill
Patricia Childress as Angela
Secunda Wood as Julia
Paul Perri as Dr. Carlson
Terry Murphy as Herself
Lynn Milgrim as Laurie Tillman

References

Everett, Todd (1994-02-21). "Baby Brokers". Variety.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
David Hiltbrand (1994-02-21). "Picks and Pans Review: Baby Brokers". People.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
O'Connor, John J. (1994-02-21). "Review/Television; Con Artists Cashing In On the Maternal Instinct". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
Connolly, Michael. (1990-12-16). "Adoption Betrayal Shatters Dreams : Babies: A prospective parent supported a couple whose child she hoped would be hers, only to have them disappear. Police have uncovered a series of similar broken promises". latimes.com. Retrieved 2021-11-14.

External links

Baby Brokers at IMDb

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[1] Everett, Todd (1994-02-21). "Baby Brokers". Variety.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.

[2] David Hiltbrand (1994-02-21). "Picks and Pans Review: Baby Brokers". People.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.

[3] O'Connor, John J. (1994-02-21). "Review/Television; Con Artists Cashing In On the Maternal Instinct". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.

[4] Connolly, Michael. (1990-12-16). "Adoption Betrayal Shatters Dreams : Babies: A prospective parent supported a couple whose child she hoped would be hers, only to have them disappear. Police have uncovered a series of similar broken promises". latimes.com. Retrieved 2021-11-14.