Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992, English. Directed by Andy Tennant.
Sixteen-year-old Cassie Robbins is a spirited teenage girl, who loves her father Richard and stepmother Mel and dotes on her six-year-old half-brother Willy. But her carefree, happy life is forever changed when she is diagnosed with leukeamia and her only hope of a cure lies in a bone-marrow transplant. However, when Willy proves to be a match, Mel is not-so-willing to allow her young son to undergo surgery as he nearly died the last time he was operated on after reacting badly to the anaesthetic. Mel and Richard now have to decide if it right to risk the life of one of their children to save the life of the other child. And of Willy's own rights in deciding if he should help the sister he hero-worships...?
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Andy TennantDirector
- Joanna KernsMel Robbins
- Bruce DavisonRichard Robbins
- Joseph MazzelloWilly Robbins
- Jeremy SistoJosh Ryan
- Bruce McGillDan Ryan
- Steven GilbornDr. Andrews
- Rondi ReedDr. Brunell
- Ron CanadaCast
- J.D. HallCoach Watson
- Phillip C. CurryJudge Bloom
- William NewmanDr. Edwards
- Debby ShivelyAngela Vincente
Details
- Released
- 5 October 1992
- Written by
- Sandra Jennings
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Desperate Choices: To Save My Child runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Desperate Choices: To Save My Child isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 October 1992. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Desperate Choices: To Save My Child?
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992) was directed by Andy Tennant and stars Joanna Kerns, Bruce Davison, Joseph Mazzello.