Marlee Matlin
Carrie Buck
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Oct 5, 1994 · With Marlee Matlin, Melissa Gilbert, Peter Frechette, Pat Hingle. Carrie Buck is an intellectually-disabled young woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after being declared mentally incompetent, therefore unable to raise her own child by herself.
- (542)
- Drama
- John David Coles
- 1994-10-05
Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. The true story of Carrie Buck, who becomes the test case for a landmark 1927 Supreme Court decision concerning the sterlization of mentally deficient women against their will. Cast & Crew. Read More. John Coles. Director. Melissa Gilbert. Trent Mcdevitt. Elaine Nalee. Stan Kelly. Sharyn Greene
- John Coles
- Melissa Gilbert
A law student (Melissa Gilbert) fights a 1927 Supreme Court decision to save a mother (Marlee Matlin) from sterilization.
- John David Coles
- Marlee Matlin, Melissa Gilbert, Pat Hingle
Against Her Will 1994 - True Story. Carrie Buck is an intellectually-disabled young woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after being...
- 87 min
- 1354
- Classic Movie Collection
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Oct 5, 1994 · TV. Reviews. Oct 5, 1994 12:00am PT. Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story. Marlee Matlin broadens her repertoire with a showy portrayal of a woman who's not deaf in a TV movie...
Oct 5, 1994 · Synopsis by Bernadette McCallion. This made-for-television movie is based on the true story of a landmark Supreme Court decision. Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God) stars as Carrie Buck, a woman who was used as the test subject in a 1927 experiment to sterilize mentally-challenged women.
