A Place to Be Loved

A Place to Be Loved
A video cover bearing the film's alternative title: Shattered Family
Genre	Biography Drama Family
Written by	Blair Ferguson
Directed by	Sandy Smolan
Starring	Richard Crenna Rhea Perlman Linda Kelsey Cotter Smith Joycelyn O'Brien Tom Guiry
Music by	W. G. Snuffy Walden
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Beth Polson
Producers	Randy T. Siegel Tiffany Hegerty (assistant producer)
Cinematography	Neil Roach
Production companies	Corapeake Productions Procter & Gamble Productions The Polson Company World International Network
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 4, 1993 (1993-04-04)

A Place to Be Loved is a 1993 American television film with Richard Crenna and Rhea Perlman. It was released in the United Kingdom under the title Shattered Family.

Plot summary

Gregory Kingsley is a boy who is abused by his father and placed with social services by his mother. The foster family he is put into proves to be the type of nurturing environment he needs. He ends up taking his mother to court, to have her parental rights revoked, in hopes of being adopted by his foster family. The story is based on a real life case of child abuse.

Cast

• Richard Crenna as George Russ
• Tom Guiry as Gregory Kingsley
• David Lipper as Robert Russ

External links

• A Place to Be Loved at IMDb