Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure

Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) is a dramatic television film for ABC, based on the true story of the rescue of 18-month-old Jessica McClure in a well. It featured, as extras, many participants in the actual rescue and its coverage.

Plot

Based on the true story of Jessica McClure, the child who fell down an abandoned water well while playing one afternoon in her aunt's backyard in Midland, Texas. She was stuck in the well 22 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 her to fall further down and die. Rescuers managed to successfully excavate alongside the well shaft and bring her 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

Production

Although it is supposed to be set in Midland, Texas, the entire filming of this movie took place in the suburban backyard of Los Angeles, California.

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