Baby Brokers

Baby Brokers
Written bySusan Nanus
Directed byMimi Leder
StarringCybill Shepherd
Nina Siemaszko
Anna Maria Horsford
Jeffrey Nordling
Tom O'Brien
Joseph Maher
Shirley Knight
ComposerAnthony Marinelli
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerBoris Malden
CinematographyNeil Roach
EditorJacque Elaine Toberen
Running time100 minutes
Production companiesSteinhardt Baer Pictures Company
BBK Productions
Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseFebruary 21, 1994 (1994-02-21)

Baby Brokers is a 1994 American true-life-event drama film directed by Mimi Leder and written by Susan Nanus. The film stars Cybill Shepherd, Nina Siemaszko, Anna Maria Horsford, Jeffrey Nordling, Tom O'Brien, Joseph Maher and Shirley Knight. The film premiered on NBC on February 21, 1994.[1][2][3]

Plot

Debbie Freeman (Shepherd) is an LA psychotherapist who wants to adopt a baby. An expectant couple, Leanne (Siemaszko) and Frankie Dees (O'Brien), who at first appear willing to let her privately adopt their child in exchange for financially supporting them for six months during Leanne's pregnancy, disappear when Freeman discovers they are in negotiations with another couple. The Dees, who gave up numerous children in the past while scamming multiple couples with each pregnancy, also run out on the latest prospective parents, leaving behind an incriminating notebook with names and phone numbers.[4] Taking her story public, Freeman is instrumental in the Dees' arrest and Leanne's later conviction in federal court for multiple counts of mail and wire fraud. Freeman's going public with her anguish in losing a child she expected to adopt results in a woman reaching out to her to arrange a private adoption.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Everett, Todd (1994-02-21). "Baby Brokers". Variety.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  2. ^ David Hiltbrand (1994-02-21). "Picks and Pans Review: Baby Brokers". People.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  3. ^ O'Connor, John J. (1994-02-21). "Review/Television; Con Artists Cashing In On the Maternal Instinct". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  4. ^ Connolly, Michael. (1990-12-16). "Adoption Betrayal Shatters Dreams : Babies: A prospective parent supported a couple whose child she hoped would be hers, only to have them disappear. Police have uncovered a series of similar broken promises". latimes.com. Retrieved 2021-11-14.