In a badly-overpopulated future, where each couple is only allowed one child and where people over 65 are forbidden medical care under a very draconian set of laws, a young couple, pregnant with their second child (the first died shortly after birth) enlist the help of an elderly former US Senator to help them escape to Canada.

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The Day They Took the Babies Away (1971)

Television/Drama/Science-Fiction · 1h 13m · 10/5/1971

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The time: sometime in the future. Mrs. Miller is going to have a baby. But the law says she can't. The law says the world's overpopulated. Run, Mrs. Miller! Run!

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In a badly-overpopulated future, where each couple is only allowed one child and where people over 65 are forbidden medical care under a very draconian set of laws, a young couple, pregnant with their second child (the first died shortly after birth) enlist the help of an elderly former US Senator to help them escape to Canada.

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United States

Production Companies

Aaron Spelling Productions, ABC
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Cast
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Michael Cole

Alan Miller
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Janet Margolin

Karen Miller
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Harry Guardino

Howard Drumm
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Van Heflin

Senator Quincy George
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Edward Asner

Barstow
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Kent Smith

Gus Iverson
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Michael Larrain

Sandy
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Philip Bourneuf

Dr. Tyler
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James A. Watson, Jr

Sergeant O'Connell (as James A. Watson)
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Barbara Babcock

Shelley Drumm
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Sondra Blake

Woman in Subway
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Roy Engel

Conductor
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Phyllis Avery

Nurse
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Ivor Francis

Doctor Young
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Jason Wingreen

Ticket Clerk
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Bill Walker

Dining Car Waiter
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Victor Izay

Silverman
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Frank Baxter

John
Crew
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Howard Smit

Director
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Laurence Rosenthal

Director
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Art Seid

Director
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John Llewellyn Moxey

Director
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William Allyn

Director
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Peter S. Fischer

Director
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Archie R. Dalzell

Director
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Paul Sylos

Director
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Ken Swartz

Director
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Aaron Spelling

Director
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