Watch A Child's Cry for Help (1994) Free Online

Release Date: 1994

Cast: Pam Dawber, Veronica Hamel, Daniel Benzali, Lisa Jakub, Cynthia Martells, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Tobey Maguire

Categories: Movies, Drama Film

A Child's Cry for Help is a 1994 television film starring Pam Dawber and Veronica Hamel, with a supporting role by a young Tobey Maguire. A recent transplant from California, Dr. Paula Spencer has just lost her husband and is about to begin her new job at a local hospital, While she is there, a seemingly loving mother, Monica Shaw, brings her son, Eric, in for treatment for his illness. But Dr. Spencer suspects that there is something wrong, and theorizes that Monica is deliberately and abusively making her son sick all the time so that she could have him admitted to the hospital for all... MORE

A Child's Cry for Help is a 1994 television film starring Pam Dawber and Veronica Hamel, with a supporting role by a young Tobey Maguire. A recent transplant from California, Dr. Paula Spencer has just lost her husband and is about to begin her new job at a local hospital, While she is there, a seemingly loving mother, Monica Shaw, brings her son, Eric, in for treatment for his illness. But Dr. Spencer suspects that there is something wrong, and theorizes that Monica is deliberately and abusively making her son sick all the time so that she could have him admitted to the hospital for all of the attention that it gives her. However, hospital administrators are skeptical, and when Eric's young roommate also develops a similar illness, it only serves to make them even more dismissive. Adding to Dr. Spencer's stress is her troubled relationship with rebellious teenage daughter, Amanda, who is still grieving over the loss of her father and trying to fit in at a new school. To top it off, the two are later victims of a robbery by the woman Dr. Spencer hired as a housekeeper, whose take included some irreplaceable jewelry Amanda had received as gifts from her late father. When Dr. Spencer LESS