Empty Cradle (1993)
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This made-for-television thriller tells the story of an unstable woman who goes to bizarre lengths to keep her drifting lover. Kate Jackson stars as Rita Donohue, a nurse who believes that she can re-ignite her disinterested lover's passion by having a child. Unable to have a child of her own, Rita plots to snatch an infant from her hospital's maternity ward to later pass off as her own. She feigns a pregnancy, switches records on a stillborn and healthy child, and then steals a baby from new mother Jane Morgan (Lori Loughlin) in order to support her charade. The plan goes sour though, when Jane refuses to accept the hospital's claim that her child died, and she investigates the unsettling clues on her own. ~ Bernadette McCallion, Rovi
- Starring:
- Kate Jackson, Lori Loughlin, (more)
- Director(s):
- Paul Schneider, Paul Schneider, (more)
Synopsis of Empty Cradle
This made-for-television thriller tells the story of an unstable woman who goes to bizarre lengths to keep her drifting lover. Kate Jackson stars as Rita Donohue, a nurse who believes that she can re-ignite her disinterested lover's passion by having a child. Unable to have a child of her own, Rita plots to snatch an infant from her hospital's maternity ward to later pass off as her own. She feigns a pregnancy, switches records on a stillborn and healthy child, and then steals a baby from new mother Jane Morgan (Lori Loughlin) in order to support her charade. The plan goes sour though, when Jane refuses to accept the hospital's claim that her child died, and she investigates the unsettling clues on her own. ~ Bernadette McCallion, Rovi
Complete Cast of Empty Cradle
- Kate Jackson - Rita Donohue
- Eriq La Salle - Detective Knoll
- Jonah Blechman
- Walter Addison - Dr. Furness
- Wendy Bowers - Donna
- Tom Dahlgren - Mr. Mills
- Rhonda Dotson - Cindi
- Camilla Belle - Sally
- Richardo Gutierrez
- Nancy Stephens - Foster Mother
- Pippa Pearthree - Janet Armstrong
- Stefan Gierasch - Mr. Spizey
- Penny Johnson
- Aaron Lustig - Frazier Lawyer
- Lori Loughlin - Jane Morgan
- David Lansbury - Bob Morgan
- Karmin Murcelo - Nurse Ramsey
- Skye Bassett - Nancy
- Peter Crook
- Elizabeth Daily - Theresa Richland
- Devon Raymond - Dr. Patricia Rosen
- Herb Mitchell - Captain Miller
- Don Yesso - Frank Donahue
- Roger Rook - Mr. Armstrong
- Blake Gibbons - Tom Burke
- Rosanna Huffman - Dr. Genser
- Michelle Joyner
- Director(s):
- Paul Schneider, Paul Schneider
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