Always Remember I Love You is a CBS TV movie, executive produced by Marcy Gross and Ann Weston, and produced in association with Stephen J. Cannell Productions, that premiered on December 23, 1990.
Summary[]
Stephen Dorff plays Robert Mendham, a sixteen-year-old boy who discovers right before Christmas that he was kidnapped as a child and subsequently adopted. He then runs away to try and find his real family. Patty Duke plays his birth mother, Ruth Monroe. Upon meeting Robert, she takes an immediate motherly interest in him, though he doesn't reveal to her that she is in fact his real mother. He meets his father, younger brother and sister, and stays with them until Christmas Eve. He tells them that he ran away because of problems at home, and they encourage him to return home and make peace with his parents. He struggles with the decision to reveal his true identity.
Cast[]
| Actor/actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Patty Duke | Ruth Monroe |
| Stephen Dorff* | Robert Mendham |
| David Birney | Philip Mendham |
| Sam Wanamaker | Grandfather Mendham |
| Jarred Blanchard | John Monroe |
| Malcolm Stewart | Paul |
| Linda Darlow | Fran(nie) |
| Richard Masur | Earl Monroe |
| Joan Van Ark | Martha Mendham |
| Kimberley Warnat | Sally Monroe |
| Gabe Khouth | Ace |
| Troy James | Jim |
| Sue Matthews | Pam |
| Ian Black | Sam |
| Matthew Walker | Pastor |
| Mike Izcobucci | Mike |
| Garrett Gabriel | Tony |
* - Winner of the 1991 Young Artist Award flr Best Actor in a TV movie