The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974)
A young woman searching for her birth parents in order to fulfill her sense of identity joins with an organization that fights the bureaucracy keeping adoption records sealed.
Top billed cast
Meredith BaxterJoanne Denver
Beau BridgesChris Schroeder
Walter BrookeMr. Denver
Neva PattersonMrs. Denver
Whitney BlakeEmma Verko
Woody ChamblissPaul
Ford RaineyMr. Gilbert
Maxine StuartMrs. Weiner
Patricia HartyCarol Sutton
Mary MurphyMrs. Quayle
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