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Encyclopedia > Fight for Life (film)
Fight For Life
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Produced by Ian McDougall
Written by Tom Nesi
Scott Nisor
Starring Jerry Lewis
Patty Duke
Morgan Freeman
Distributed by ABC Television Network
Release date March 23, 1987
Running time 120 minutes (including commericals)
Language English
IMDb profile

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Plot

Dr Bernard Abrahms (Jerry Lewis), an Ohio optometrist, and his wife Shirley Abrahms (Patty Duke) have a six-year old daughter that suffers from a rare form of epilepsy. As the little girl's parents they need to have a drug approved from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However the process is slow and they are forced to fly to England to obtain the medication. They take their cause to the media in order to highlight their case and force the FDA to expedite its decision on use in America. Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch on March 16, 1926), is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer and director known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. ... Patty Duke (born December 14, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning actress of the stage and screen. ...


Trivia

  • It was made for television by Fries Entertainment.

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