Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
Directed by	Mel Damski
Produced by	Diana Kerew (producer) Patricia Clifford (executive producer)
Written by	David Eyre, Jr.
Starring	Beau Bridges Pat Hingle Roxana Zal Will Oldham Whip Hubley
Music by	Mark Snow
Cinematography	Shelly Johnson
Editing by	Ron Binkowski
Distributed by	Industrial Distribution
Release date(s)	21 May 1989 (USA)
Country	United States
Language	English

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) is a dramatic film, based on a true story of the rescue of 18 month old baby Jessica McClure in a water well.

Plot

Based on the true story of Jessica McClure, the baby who fell down an abandoned water well while playing one afternoon in her back yard in Midland, Texas. She was stuck in the well about 20 to 30 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the ground too much with machinery they could cause Jessica to fall further down and die. Rescuers managed to successfully excavate alongside the well shaft and bring "Baby Jessica" to safety.

Cast

• Beau Bridges – Police Chief Richard Czech
• Pat Hingle – Fire Chief James Roberts
• Roxana Zal – Cissy McClure
• Will Oldham – Chip McClure
• Whip Hubley – Robert O'Donnell
• Robin Gammell – MSHA Investigator Thomas Kaye
• Walter Olkewicz – Police Officer Andy Glasscock
• Rudy Ramos – Police Officer Manny Beltran
• Jack Rader – Public Information Officer James White
• Guy Stockwell – Bill Jones
• Daryl Anderson – Richard Armstrong
• Mills Watson – Charles Boler
• Patty Duke – Carolyn Henry
• Laura Loesch – Jessica McClure
• Jennifer Loesch – Jessica McClure

External links

• Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure at the Internet Movie Database
• Baby Jessica Rescue Web Page
• Everybody's baby, movie trailer