Empty Cradle

Empty Cradle

96 mins | Drama | Oct. 3, 1993

Jane Morgan gives birth to her baby at the hospital. When she wakes up the next morning, the hospital tells her, that her son died at birth. However from ultrasound reading she had before, she knew she was having a girl. Now the hospital is stone-walling her, saying she is just in denial, due to her loss. Now she is trying to fight the system, to find evidence of the apparent mistake by the hospital. Only it wasn't the hospital's mistake. Nurse Rita Donohue is the one who made the switch. She faked a pregnancy to hang on to her roving boyfriend. But she grabbed the wrong baby, her boyfriend wants a son, so now she's faking a second pregnancy, and making plans to get another baby.

Empty Cradle

96 mins | Drama | Oct. 3, 1993

Empty Cradle
Jane Morgan gives birth to her baby at the hospital. When she wakes up the next morning, the hospital tells her, that her son died at birth. However from ultrasound reading she had before, she knew she was having a girl. Now the hospital is stone-walling her, saying she is just in denial, due to her loss. Now she is trying to fight the system, to find evidence of the apparent mistake by the hospital. Only it wasn't the hospital's mistake. Nurse Rita Donohue is the one who made the switch. She faked a pregnancy to hang on to her roving boyfriend. But she grabbed the wrong baby, her boyfriend wants a son, so now she's faking a second pregnancy, and making plans to get another baby.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Bein-Mills Productions, Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment International
Original title Empty Cradle
Directors Paul Schneider
Writers Rebecca Soladay

Cast

Kate Jackson

as Rita Donohue

Lori Loughlin

as Jane Morgan

Eriq La Salle

as Detective Knoll

David Lansbury

as Bob Morgan

Jonah Blechman

as Patrick

Karmin Murcelo

as Nurse Ramsey

Penny Johnson Jerald

as Gail Huddle

Michelle Joyner

as Sharon

Camilla Belle

as Sally

Wendy Bowers

as Donna

Skye Bassett

as Nancy

Sally Hightower

as Ms. Green