Little Girl Lost (film)

Little Girl Lost is an American drama television film directed by Sharron Miller from a teleplay by Ann Beckett, based on a story by Angela Shelley and C. Scott Alsop. The film stars Tess Harper, Frederic Forrest, and Patricia Kalember, with Lawrence Pressman, Christopher McDonald, Sandy Martin, Joel Colodner, William Edward Phipps, and Marie Martin in supporting roles. It premiered on ABC on April 25, 1988, and earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for its cinematography.

Plot
The film tells the true story of a six-year-old girl named Tella who is removed from the loving care of her foster parents the Bradys and returned to her biological father, who sexually assaults her. Her foster parents endure a long struggle to regain custody of their beloved lost child.

Cast

 * Frederic Forrest as Tim Brady
 * Tess Harper as Clara Brady
 * Kathy Tragester as Kelly Brady
 * Marie Martin as Tella Brady
 * Christopher McDonald as Wolff
 * Sandy Martin as Violet Young
 * Matthew Scott Carlton as Nathan Lees
 * C. Jack Robinson as Judge Greer
 * Gigi Cervantes as Brandy
 * Rudy Young as Ed De Busk
 * Annabelle Weenick as Gwynneth Soames
 * Esther Benson as Mrs. Morella
 * Suzanne Savoy as Dr. Deborah Meewsen
 * Gil Glasgow as Police Officer
 * Lee Ritchey as Earl Lockwood
 * Libby Villari as Harriet Baker
 * Deborah Winters as File Clerk
 * Vernon Grote as Bailiff
 * Hugh Feagin as Bruce Magnusen
 * Lawrence Pressman as Lester