Child of Glass

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Child of Glass

Directed by	John Erman
Produced by	Robert Chartoff
Written by	Richard Peck Jim Lawrence
Starring	Barbara Barrie Biff McGuire Anthony Zerbe Nina Foch Katy Kurtzman Steve Shaw Olivia Barash
Music by	George Duning
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures, NBC
Release date(s)	1978
Running time	93 min.
Language	English
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For the Blutengel album, see Child of Glass (Blutengel album)

Child of Glass is a TV movie based upon a novel by Richard Peck (The Ghost Belonged To Me). Child of Glass was updated to the present when it was created for Disney's TV series in 1978, had been aired on NBC.

[edit] Plot

Alexander Armsworth and his family move into a spooky old Dixie mansion that was once the home of a notorious river pirate. Before long, Alexander catches sight of a mysterious little girl and her dog, both of whom turn out to be ghosts. The little girl ghost tells Alexander that her name is Inez, and appeals to him for help in finding a child of glass.

With the aid of his new friend, Blossom, Alexander finds out that Inez was a victim of the river pirate whose house his family now inhabits. The pirate killed the young girl when she refused to tell the location of the treasure he sought; for good measure, he placed a curse upon her that has caused her to roam the plantation after death. With only a few days left before the curse becomes permanent, Alexander and Blossom rush to find the child of glass and free Inez's spirit.

Alexander and Blossom's major clue in solving the mystery involved the following poem: "Sleeping lies the murdered lass, vainly calls the child of glass. When the two shall be as one, the spirit's journey will be done."