ABC Afterschool Specials

1983 NR 45m 8.8

A blind, mentally retarded infant with cerebral palsy is left in the care of an elderly English woman who refuses to let him die.

The true story of May Lemke and her son Leslie. May is a middle-aged nurse and mother of grown children, who, along with her husband, agrees to take in an abandoned baby boy with mental and physical handicaps. Leslie is blind and brain-damaged, but May patiently teaches him how to eat, walk, and talk. Leslie shows an interest in music, but it isn't until he is a teenager that his special ability reveals itself. He sits down at a piano and begins to play a classical piece he heard on TV, amazing everyone.

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Info about ABC Afterschool Specials

Studio(s): Dick Clark Productions

Originally Released: Feb 09, 1983

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family