Fight for Life(1987)
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.
Movie: Fight for Life
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Dr. Bernard Abrams
Dr. Sherard
Felice Abrams
Father Robert Hunt
Shirley Abrams
Dr. Whalley
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