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All The Kids Do It (1984)
Character: Matt Elder
High school diving champion Buddy Elder (Scott Baio) can't seem to stop drinking and driving.
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Skeezer (1982)
Character: Jed
A nurse-therapist uses her dog to reach emotionally disturbed children where she works.
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...And Your Name Is Jonah (1979)
Character: Anthony Corelli
A couple whose son had been institutionalized for three years are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong, and that their son is, in fact, deaf.
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Father Figure (1980)
Character: Byron
Following their parents' divorce and their mother's subsequent suicide, a teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the father from whom they have long been estranged, and the struggle to reestablish a relationship is explored.
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All the Way Home (1981)
Character: Rufus Follet
A wife and mother in 1915 Tennessee copes with the loss of her husband and the necessity of raising their children alone.
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The Ordeal of Bill Carney (1981)
Character: Willie Carney
Bill Carney has just been paralyzed from the neck down. He has been taking care of his two sons since his wife left him. Now, when word of his condition reaches her, she wants to take them away, as she feels that he is unable to care for them. And it appears that the courts agree too. So, his lawyer, also a paraplegic, begins the campaign to take his case before the Supreme Court. Will he win?
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Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982)
Character: Michael Gibbs
A poorly-educated housewife fights companies polluting her hometown's water table in upstate New York during the 1970s.
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Once Upon a Family (1980)
Character: D.W. Demerjian
A father tries to make it as a single parent when his wife walks out on him and the children.
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A Cry for Love (1980)
Character: Nick Harris
Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and three-time loser in marriage -- who, incredibly, turns out to be the ideal man!
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The Seekers (1979)
Character: Jarod, age 5
This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and career from his emigration to colonial Massachusetts through the American Revolutionary War and concludes the family saga with the story of his two sons and their children as they arrive in the unexplored Northwest Territory. (Episodes 5 and 6 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
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Seat 32B (2023)
Character: Bertram LaFleur
A Ponzi- Scheme mastermind must solve the mystery of his wife's disappearance on a plane while on the run from authorities
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Lots of Luck (1985)
Character: David Maris
A middle-aged Annette Funicello stars in this made-for-Disney film about a blue-collar family whose lives are forever transformed when they win the lottery.
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The Next One (1984)
Character: Tim
An astronaut's widow and her young son meet a stranger from the future on a Greek island.
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Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Character: Anthony
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
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The Comeback Kid (1980)
Character: Paul
A down-on his-luck baseball pitcher finds a new set of rewards coaching a gang of underprivileged youngsters and romancing a career-oriented playground supervisor who, against her better judgment, put the kids in his charge.
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