A Mother's Instinct is a 1996

1996 in film

Major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a version of Evita starring Madonna.-Events:...

 made-for-television

Television movie

A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Sam Pillsbury

Sam Pillsbury

Sam Pillsbury is an American film director and producer.Connecticut-raised Sam Pillsbury emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 14. Aged 23, he began working at the Government-owned National Film Unit, joining a group of emerging filmmakers who were investigating new subjects and styles.Pillsbury...

 and distributed on CBS

CBS

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. It was released on March 13, 1996 in the U.S. and August 18, 2000 in the U.K. It was filmed in Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina...

, North Carolina

North Carolina

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.

Plot

A former divorcé learns that her new husband's past includes an abandoned wife. After he disappears with his two sons, the two wives team up to find him.

Cast

• Lindsay Wagner
  Lindsay Wagner
  Lindsay Jean Wagner is an American actress. She is probably best known for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the 1970s television series The Bionic Woman , though she has maintained a lengthy career in a variety of other film and television productions since.-Early life:Wagner was born in Los...
  
   — Raeanne Gilbaine
• Debrah Farentino
  Debrah Farentino
  Debrah Farentino is an American model and actress.-Early life:Farentino was born Deborah Mullowney in Lucas Valley, California. She attended Miller Creek Junior High School, and Terra Linda High School in San Rafael, California...
  
   — Holly Mitchell
• John Terry
  John Terry (actor)
  John Terry is an American film, television, and stage actor.-Early life:Terry was born in Florida, where he attended Vero Beach High School. He was also educated at the prestigious Loomis Chaffee prep school in Windsor, Connecticut, and began a career building original custom log homes in North...
  
   — Carl Gibbons/Gilbaine
• Lynne Thigpen
  Lynne Thigpen
  Cherlynne Theresa “Lynne” Thigpen was an American stage and television actress, most famous as "The Chief" in the various Carmen Sandiego television series.-Early life:...
  
   — 'Mike' Wheelwright (as Lynn Thigpen)
• Alana Austin
  Alana Austin
  Alana Austin is an American film and television actress. She played the role of Abby Logan in the sitcom Ink and starred in the Disney Channel Original film Motocrossed.-Career:Austin was born in Palm Springs, California...
  
   — Amanda
• Lee Norris
  Lee Norris
  Lee Michael Norris is an American actor, best known for his roles as Stuart Minkus on Boy Meets World and Marvin "Mouth" McFadden on One Tree Hill.-Early life:...
  
   — Jeremy/Joey
• Andres Nichols — Ronald/Robby (as Andy Nichols)
• Barbara Babcock
  Barbara Babcock
  Barbara Babcock is an American character actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Grace Gardner on Hill Street Blues for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress—Drama Series in 1981 and her role as Dorothy Jennings on Dr...
  
   — Mrs. Mitchell
• Laura Robbins — Sheila
• Alex Van — Bobby Mitchell
• Mert Hatfield — Gerard Fudge
• Pete Burris — Cop
• Chris Daughtry — Richard Mitchell (Note: the Chris Daughtry listed here is not Chris Daughtry
  Chris Daughtry
  Christopher Adam "Chris" Daughtry is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band Daughtry and as the fourth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol, from which he was eliminated on May 10, 2006...
  
   from American Idol
  American Idol
  American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
  
   Season 5)
• Bob Hannah
  Bob Hannah
  Robert "Hurricane" Hannah was one of the most successful motocross racers in American history. He won a total of seven AMA national championships....
  
   — Headmaster
• Richard K. Olsen — Justice of the Peace
• George Nannarello — Hal Bingham