Carrie Buck is a young intellectually disabled woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after it's taken from her since Carrie has been declared mentally incompetent to raise her baby by herself.

Marlee Matlin
Carrie Buck

Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Prentice

Peter Frechette
Adam White

Pat Hingle
Arthur Kent

Joe Inscoe
Ian Strand

John Bennes
Governor Trinkle
James Martin Jr.
Campaign Manager
Elaine Nalee
Alice Evans

Terry Loughlin
Joseph Evans
Sharyn Greene
Elizabeth Lake
Moses Gibson
Feenie
Trenton McDevitt
Gregory Lake

Tammy Arnold
Miss Frederick

J. Michael Hunter
Dr. Harry Laughlin
Laddy Sartin
Journalist