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The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me poster
Directed by
Larry Peerce
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman who was adopted as a baby sets out to find her biological parents. As she meets her birth mother, they both struggle with the emotions and uncertainties of their new connection.

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What happens

The Stranger Who Looks Like Me is a 1974 American made-for-television drama romance film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Meredith Baxter, Beau Bridges and Walter Brooke. The cast includes Whitney Blake, who was Meredith Baxter's real-life mother; Bill Vint, who starred in the drive-in classic Macon County Line, as well as future Dallas star Patrick Duffy, who has a small part. The film originally premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on March 6, 1974. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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