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Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story

Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story

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Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story

2019

1h 27m

6.6(52 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

High school teacher Mary Stauffer and her eight-year old daughter, Beth are held captive for 53 days by an obsessed former student. Based on a true story.

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Lifetime

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan

Mary Stauffer

Daphne Hoskins

Daphne Hoskins

Beth Stauffer

Howie Lai

Howie Lai

Ming Sen Shiue

Daniel Nemes

Daniel Nemes

Irv Stauffer

Miles Phoenix Foley

Steven Stauffer

Karly Warkentin

Karly Warkentin

Sarah

Reese Alexander

Reese Alexander

Sgt Wyatt Rayburn

Harper Postma

Jason

Ronald Patrick Thompson

Ronald Patrick Thompson

Deputy Taylor

Bronwen Smith

Bronwen Smith

Kris Dunlap

Creative team

Directed by: Jim Donovan
Written by: Michael Vickerman
Produced by: Navid Soofi

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