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Oct 15, 1982 · Amy Madigan stars as Terry Jean Moore, a young woman who is imprisoned for a robbery and gets pregnant by a guard. She fights to keep her baby and changes the laws for incarcerated mothers in Florida.
- (308)
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Larry Peerce
- 1982-10-15
Love Child is a 1982 biopic based on the life of Terry Jean Moore. The film stars Amy Madigan, Beau Bridges, and Mackenzie Phillips. [2] Plot. At 19, Terry Jean Moore was convicted of armed robbery. Soon after entering prison, she meets a guard named Jack Hansen.
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Jul 8, 2014 · Amy Madigan, in her film debut, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of a young woman who is impregnated by a guard while serving a prison sentence and insists on keeping...
- 3 min
- 7.2K
- Warner Bros.
It's an extraordinarily touching true-story about Terry Jean Moore, the determined, independent and young woman who is imprisoned for 7 years on account of a "five dollar" robbery. In the prison she will be pregnant by a jailer and she has to fight for bear and keep her child.
She does make friends with a young lesbian named J.J. and one of the guards, Jack, who is kind to her. When Jack and Terry fall in love, she becomes pregnant. Terry fights for the right to raise the child in jail, and begins to improve her attitude.
Oct 15, 1982 · Synopsis by Paul Brenner. Based upon the true story of a woman's battle to raise her baby in prison after having become pregnant by a prison guard while serving a twenty-year stretch for robbery, Amy Madigan, in her debut film, delivers an impressive intensity and range as Terry Jean Moore, a wild young woman with a chip on her shoulder.
