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The Last Child
“The time: sometime in the future. Mrs. Miller is going to have a baby. But the law says she can't. The law says the world's overpopulated. Run, Mrs. Miller! Run!”
7.6 / 10• 1971• 1h 13m•NR• English
DramaScience FictionTV Movie
Storyline
In a badly-overpopulated future, where each couple is only allowed one child and where people over 65 are forbidden medical care under a very draconian set of laws, a young couple, pregnant with their second child (the first died shortly after birth) enlist the help of an elderly former US Senator to help them escape to Canada.
Cast & Crew
Michael Cole
Alan Miller
Lead
Janet Margolin
Karen Miller
Harry Guardino
Howard Drumm
Van Heflin
Senator Quincy George
Ed Asner
Barstow
Kent Smith
Gus Iverson
ML
Michael Larrain
Sandy
Philip Bourneuf
Dr. Tyler
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Llewellyn Moxey's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Last Child is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
