Fight for Life (film)

Fight for Life (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Fight For Life


director = Elliot Silverstein
writer = Tom Nesi
Scott Nisor
starring = Jerry Lewis
Patty Duke
Morgan Freeman
producer = Ian McDougall
distributor = ABC Television Network
released = March 23, 1987
runtime = 120 minutes (including commercials)
language = English| imdb_id = 0093021

"Fight For Life" was filmed in 1986. It was broadcast on March 23, 1987 on the ABC Network.

Plot

Dr Bernard Abrams (Jerry Lewis), an Ohio optometrist, and his wife Shirley Abrams (Patty Duke) have a six-year old daughter that suffers from a rare form of epilepsy. The child's paraplegic doctor (Morgan Freeman) cares for her. 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.

Production

The film was made for television by Fries Entertainment.

External links

*Imdb title|id=0093021|title=Fight For Life


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