Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Genre	Drama
Written by	David Eyre, Jr.
Directed by	Mel Damski
Starring	Beau Bridges; Pat Hingle; Roxana Zal; Will Oldham; Whip Hubley
Music by	Mark Snow
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Patricia Clifford
Producer(s)	Diana Kerew
Cinematography	Shelly Johnson
Editor(s)	Ron Binkowski
Running time	100 min.
Production company(s)	Campbell Soup Company; Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions; Interscope Productions; Radar Pictures; Stonehenge Entertainment
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	May 21, 1989 (U.S.);

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

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.

Cast

Beau Bridges – Police Chief Richard Czech
Pat Hingle – Fire Chief James Roberts
Roxana Zal – Cissy McClure
Will Oldham – Chip McClure
Whip Hubley – Robert O'Donnell
Robin Gammell – MSHA Investigator Thomas Kaye
Walter Olkewicz – Police Officer Andy Glasscock
Rudy Ramos – Police Officer Manny Beltran
Jack Rader – Public Information Officer James White
Guy Stockwell – Bill Jones
Daryl Anderson – Richard Armstrong
Mills Watson – Charles Boler
Patty Duke – Carolyn Henry
Laura and Jennifer Loesch – Jessica McClure

Production

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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