The Family Nobody Wanted

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The Family Nobody Wanted

1975

1h 30m

5.8(4 votes)

Drama

Family

TV Movie

Overview

A minister and his wife take in poor and troubled children that nobody else wants and soon they find themselves with a family of a dozen kids.

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21 members

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Shirley Jones

Helen Doss

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James Olson

Carl Doss

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Katherine Helmond

Mrs. Bittner

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Woodrow Parfrey

Elmer Franklin

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Beeson Carroll

James Collins

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Claudia Bryar

Eunice Franklin

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Ann Doran

Mrs. Kimberly

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C. Lindsay Workman

Judge Goldman

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Willie Aames

Donny

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Ernest Esparza III

Rick

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Dawn Biglay

Tina

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Guillermo San Juan

Tony

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Jina Tanner

Lynette

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Tina Toyota

Pam

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Haig Movsesian

Aram

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Knar Keshishian

Angela

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Charlene Wong

Karen

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Tim Kim

Tom

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Sherry Lynn Kupahu

Debby

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Michael Stadnik

Andy

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Robert Stadnik

Andy

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