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Labor of Love

An unexpected child by an unexpected way.
May 4, 1998 · 1h 36m
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Romance
Drama
TV Movie

PLOT

Annie, a 36-year-old, single woman, desperately wants to have a child. Her best friend, Mickey, a gay man who had tried unsuccessfully to adopt a child, also feels the pangs of parental yearning. The couple decides to have a naturally conceived child together. Mickey moves in with Annie, but she then meets Gordon, the man of her dreams with whom she has a passionate fling. Annie finds herself pregnant and not exactly sure which of the two men in her life is the father. But commitment-shy Gordon wants nothing to do with the child. Mickey eventually assures Annie that no matter what, he will help raise the child as his, together as a family with Annie.

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CAST

Marcia Gay Harden
Annie Pines
David Marshall Grant
Mickey Wister
Rod Wilson
Marc
Heidi von Palleske
Joan
Alison Sealy-Smith
Kara
Daniel Hugh Kelly
Gordon Connell
Jenn Griffin
Lisa
Kevin Hicks
Robert
Directed by Karen Arthur

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Ken Raskoff Productions, ABC Pictures
Country
US

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