Alex: The Life of a Child (1986)
Release Date: Apr 23, 1986 Wide
Release Date: Apr 23, 1986 Wide
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Alex: The Life of a Child is based on the true story of Sports Illustrated writer Frank Deford and his dying 8-year-old daughter Alex. Craig T. Nelson plays Deford and Gennie James is Alex, both of whom come to grips in different ways with Alex's fatal cystic fibrosis. A subplot involves the torment of Deford's wife (Bonnie Bedelia), who wonders whether she should adopt a child after Alex's death in 1980. Alex: The Life of a Child is effective, but not as well made as its subject matter
Apr 23, 1986 Wide
Cast
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Brenda Bazinet
Barbara Keator -
Bonnie Bedelia
Carole Deford -
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Harley Cross
Chris - ages 6 to 8 -
Dann Florek
Dr. Tom Dolan -
Gennie James
Alex Deford -
Cherry Jones
Tina Crawford -
Gordon Masten
Photographer -
Sean McCann
Dr. Ralph Stanwyck -
Craig T. Nelson
Frank Deford -
Mark Withers
Mac Deford -
Rachel Blanchard
Wendy -
Mag Ruffman
Jane
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