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1989 dramatic television film
| Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
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| Genre
| Drama
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| Written by
| David Eyre, Jr.
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| Directed by
| Mel Damski
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| Starring
| Beau Bridges
Pat Hingle
Patty Duke
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| Music by
| Mark Snow
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| Country of origin
| United States
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| Original language
| English
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| Executive producer
| Patricia Clifford
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| Producer
| Diana Kerew
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| Cinematography
| Shelly Johnson
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| Editor
| Ron Binkowski
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| Running time
| 100 min.
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| Production companies
| Campbell Soup Company
Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions
Interscope Productions
Radar Pictures
Stonehenge Entertainment
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| Network
| ABC
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| Release
| May 21, 1989
(
1989-05-21
)
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Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
(1989) is a
dramatic
television film
for
ABC
, based on the true story of the rescue of 18-month-old
Jessica McClure
from a
well
. It featured, as extras, many participants in the actual rescue and its coverage.
Plot
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Based on the true story of
Jessica McClure
, the child who fell into an abandoned water well while playing in her aunt's backyard in
Midland, Texas
. She was stuck in the well 22 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the ground too much with machinery they could cause her to fall further down and die. Rescuers managed to successfully excavate alongside the well shaft and bring her to safety.
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Production
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Although it is supposed to be set in
Midland, Texas
, the entire filming took place in a suburban backyard of
Los Angeles, California
.
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