The Surrogate (1995 film)
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The Surrogate is a 1995
television movie
drama directed
by Jan Egleson and Raymond Hartung and aired on ABC
. The movie had a limited VHS release in the United Kingdom in April 1996. It has also been released on video in Asia.
) replies on an innocent advertisement for a rental place. Here, she meets Stuart and Joan Quinn. After she rents the place, she creates a good relationship with the family. After a lot of hesitation, the family asks her to be the surrogate mother of their child, since Joan can't have babies herself anymore. Amy thinks about it and agrees. When Amy discovers that the family hides a dark secret about the death of an earlier baby, Amy is determined not to give her child up and flees. Soon, the police are looking for her, because she officially kidnapped her own baby.
1995 in film
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drama directed
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by Jan Egleson and Raymond Hartung and aired on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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. The movie had a limited VHS release in the United Kingdom in April 1996. It has also been released on video in Asia.
Plot
The young and talented student Amy (Alyssa MilanoAlyssa Milano
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) replies on an innocent advertisement for a rental place. Here, she meets Stuart and Joan Quinn. After she rents the place, she creates a good relationship with the family. After a lot of hesitation, the family asks her to be the surrogate mother of their child, since Joan can't have babies herself anymore. Amy thinks about it and agrees. When Amy discovers that the family hides a dark secret about the death of an earlier baby, Amy is determined not to give her child up and flees. Soon, the police are looking for her, because she officially kidnapped her own baby.