The Last Child (1971)

Name: The Last Child
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Released: 1971-10-05
Duration: 73 min
Cast: Michael Cole, Janet Margolin, Harry Guardino, Van Heflin, Ed Asner

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!

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.

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Released 1971-10-05 · 73 min · Drama, Science Fiction

Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey

Cast

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