The Last Child (1971) (TV)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

John Llewellyn Moxey

Writer:

Peter S. Fischer (writer)

Release Date:

5 October 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In a badly-overpopulated future, where each couple is only allowed one child and where people over 65...

Plot Keywords:

Futuristic | Overpopulation

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

Michael Cole	...	Alan Miller
Van Heflin	...	Senator Quincy George
Harry Guardino	...	Howard Drumm
Janet Margolin	...	Karen Miller
Edward Asner	...	Barstow
Kent Smith	...	Gus Iverson
Michael Larrain	...	Sandy
Philip Bourneuf	...	Dr. Tyler
James A. Watson Jr.	...	Sergeant O'Connell
Barbara Babcock	...	Shelley Drumm
Sondra Blake	...	Woman in Subway
Roy Engel	...	Conductor
Phyllis Avery	...	Nurse
Ivor Francis	...	Dr. Young
Jason Wingreen	...	Ticket Clerk

Also Known As:

The Day They Took the Babies Away

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Aaron Spelling Productions

Trivia:

This TV movie was Van Heflin's final performance. He died of a heart attack three months before the original broadcast, making the death of his character all the more poignant.

Warning on how population control can get out of hand

The Last Child is an excellent movie which was classified as science Fiction and shows how irrational demand for the control of population can get out of hand and how one couple was willing and able to defy an unjust law so that the law could be changed