Movie · 2000
Bless the Child
“Mankind's last hope just turned six.”
Released 11 August 2000 107 min Drama / Horror / Thriller / Crime More from 2000 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.
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How old were they?
Helen Stenborg
as Sister Joseph
Ian Holm
as Reverend Grissom
Dimitra Arliss
as Dahnya
Anne Betancourt
as Maria
Kim Basinger
as Maggie O'Connor
Jimmy Smits
as Agent John Travis
Eugene Lipinski
as Stuart
Peter Mensah
as Good Samaritan Janitor
David Sparrow
as Crawford
Michael Gaston
as Det. Frank Bugatti
Rufus Sewell
as Eric Stark
Lumi Cavazos
as Sister Rosa
Angela Bettis
as Jenna
Christina Ricci
as Cheri Post
Matthew Lemche
as New Dawn Kid at Van
Holliston Coleman
as Cody
Dan Warry-Smith
as New Dawn Kid
Marcia Bennett
as Head Nurse
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The numbers
67years between the oldest and youngest billed
75Helen Stenborg — oldest on the call sheet
8Holliston Coleman — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast