The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974 American TV series or program
| The Stranger Who Looks Like Me | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama Romance |
| Written by | Gerald Di Pego |
| Directed by | Larry Peerce |
| Starring | Meredith Baxter Beau Bridges Walter Brooke |
| Music by | George Tipton Paul Williams |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Edward S. Feldman |
| Producer | Lillian Gallo |
| Cinematography | Mario Tosi |
| Editor | Eve Newman |
| Running time | 74 minutes |
| Production company | Filmways Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | March 6, 1974 (1974-03-06) |
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me is a 1974 American made-for-television drama romance film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Meredith Baxter, Beau Bridges and Walter Brooke. The cast includes Whitney Blake, who was Meredith Baxter's real-life mother; Bill Vint, who starred in the drive-in classic Macon County Line, as well as future Dallas star Patrick Duffy, who has a small part. The film originally premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on March 6, 1974.[1]
Plot
Joanne Denver was adopted at birth and is searching for her birth parents. She meets Chris Schroeder, who is also adopted and is searching for his birth parents.
Cast
- Meredith Baxter as Joanne Denver
- Beau Bridges as Chris Schroeder
- Walter Brooke as Mr. Denver
- Neva Patterson as Mrs. Denver
- Whitney Blake as Emma Verko
- Woody Chambliss as Paul (as Woodrow Chambliss)
- Ford Rainey as Mr. Gilbert
- Maxine Stuart as Mrs. Weiner
- Patricia Harty as Carol Sutton
- Mary Murphy as Mrs. Quayle
- Bill Vint as Bob
- Anne Barton as Mrs. Carter
- Warren Miller as Mike Sutton
- Linda Morrow as Gloria
- Victor Bevine as Gary
- Cecil Elliott as Gramma Dupre (as Cecil Elliot)
- Jan Arvan as Uncle Charles
- Biff Elliot as Charles Verko (as Biff Elliott)
- Tom Moses as Clerk
- Sylvia Walden as Adoptive Parent #1
- Millie Slavin as Adoptive Parent #2
- Hampton Fancher as Adoptive Parent #3
- Jocelyn Jones as Adoptee #1
- Susan Adams as Adoptee #2
- Patrick Duffy as Adoptee #3
- Warren Seabury as Adoptee #4
References
- ^ "Lillian Gallo, Pioneering TV Producer, Dies at 84". The Hollywood Reporter. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
External links
- The Stranger Who Looks Like Me at IMDb
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Films directed by Larry Peerce
- One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
- The Big T.N.T. Show (1965)
- The Incident (1967)
- Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
- The Sporting Club (1971)
- A Separate Peace (1972)
- Ash Wednesday (1973)
- The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
- The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
- Two-Minute Warning (1976)
- The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978)
- The Bell Jar (1979)
- Why Would I Lie? (1980)
- Love Child (1982)
- Hard to Hold (1984)
- The Fifth Missile (1986)
- Elvis and Me (1988)
- Wired (1989)
- The Neon Empire (1989)
- The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990)
- Child of Rage (1992)
- A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994)
- Christmas Every Day (1996)
- A Secret Life (1999)
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