Abandoned and Deceived

Director: Joseph Dougherty Joseph Dougherty

Overview

When the state of Ohio refuses to help a poor single mother get her child's father to pay support, she launches a statewide campaign to enact newer, better child-support laws.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/01/2011
UPC:	0043396378520
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	NR
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Sales rank:	44,880

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lori Loughlin	Gerri Anderson
Brian Kerwin	Doug
Gordon Clapp	Donald Quinn
Farrah Forke	Sarah
Eric Lloyd	Matthew
Bibi Besch	Iris
Rosemary Forsyth	Judge
Anthony Tyler Quinn	Gary
Ilene Graff	Constance

Technical Credits

Joseph Dougherty	Director
Vahan Moosekian	Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Abandoned and Deceived
1. Chapter 1 [10:00]
2. Chapter 2 [9:59]
3. Chapter 3 [9:59]
4. Chapter 4 [10:00]
5. Chapter 5 [9:59]
6. Chapter 6 [9:59]
7. Chapter 7 [9:59]
8. Chapter 8 [9:59]
9. Chapter 9 [10:00]
10. Chapter 10 [:58]
11. Chapter 11 [:00]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Abandoned and Deceived
   Menu Group #1 with 11 chapter(s) covering 01:30:59

Editorial Reviews

Television actress stuck between full-time series assignments? Check. Effectively but too-tidily dramatized big social issue? Check. Plenty of opportunity for dramatic catharsis for a demographically targeted niche audience? Check. This must be a Lifetime TV movie. All snarkiness aside, though, this docudrama about deadbeat dads and the rise of legislation to thwart them marks a solid entry in the "Television for Women" network's original programming. The always-likable Lori Loughlin proves surprisingly believable as a put-upon divorcée, while veteran TV director Joseph Dougherty keeps the pace brisk and the exposition subtler than usual for this type of project. So many TV movies, both on Lifetime and elsewhere, focus on the boogeymen of modern pop culture -- eating disorders, child molesters and the like -- that it's nice to see film tackle a far more pervasive but less sensationalistic issue.

All Movie Guide - Brian J. Dillard