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Fight for Life

1987-1h 34min
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5.5 / 10 4

Jerry Lewis plays an Ohio optometrist who has a six-year old daughter with epilepsy. He fights to get the FDA to approve a drug (at that time only available in England) for use in the U.S.

Directed by Elliot Silverstein

Writers Thomas Nesi Scott Nisor Thomas Nesi

Stars Jerry Lewis Morgan Freeman Jaclyn Bernstein

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Jerry Lewis

Dr. Bernard Abrams
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Morgan Freeman

Dr. Sherard
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Jaclyn Bernstein

Felice Abrams
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Gerard Parkes

Father Robert Hunt
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Patty Duke

Shirley Abrams
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Barry Morse

Dr. Whalley
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James Bearden

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Robert Benson

Dr. Keith
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Eve Crawford

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Marcia Diamond

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Rosemary Dunsmore

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Christopher Earle

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