In the Best Interest of the Children (1992)
1h 36m
Running Time
February 16, 1992Release Date
In the Best Interest of the Children (1992)
1h 36m
Running Time
February 16, 1992Release Date
Network & Production Companies
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Plot.
Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
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Cast & Crew.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Callie Cain
Sally Struthers
Patty Pepper
Lexi Randall
Jessica Cain
Gary Graham
John Birney
Jayne Atkinson
Wanda Birney
Harry Lennix
Tim Coffey
Michael Ray Rhodes
Director
Peter Nelson
Writer
John Dennis Johnston
Harlan Pepper
Elizabeth Ashley
Carla Scott
Jud Kinberg
Writer
Judson Kinberg
Writer
Paul Freeman
Producer
Jessica Campbell
Julie Cain
Jane Lynch
Gwen Hatcher
James Di Pasquale
Composer
Media.
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Wiki.
In the Best Interest of the Children is a 1992 American made-for-television fact-based drama film starring Sarah Jessica Parker who plays a woman struggling with manic-depression while raising her five children. This leads to the children eventually being taken from her and put in foster care. The film originally premiered on NBC on Sunday, February 16, 1992.
The film was partially shot in Marengo, Iowa, roughly 30 miles west of Iowa City.