Abandoned [DVD] [1949]

Dennis OKeefe and Gale Storm expose a baby-selling racket in the searing crime drama Abandoned, co-starring Jeff Chandler and Raymond Burr. When Paula Considine (Storm) arrives in Los Angeles to find her sister Mary, she soon learns the unwed mother is dead and her newborn infant is missing. Teaming up with cynical reporter named Mark Sitko (OKeefe), Paula discovers Mary was the victim of a black market adoption ring run by Mrs. Leona Donner (Marjorie Rambeau) and her sleazy assistant Kerric (Burr). Hoping to entrap the pair, Paula and Sitko devise a plan but the sting operation proves to have deadly consequences.

In this family-oriented comedic drama, a widower resigns as a Sydney journalist and uproots his family to a remote town in New Zealand. He and his teenage kids grapple with the upheaval of their old lives and get to know the colorful locals of Weld. Includes the first half of the second season. Starring Erik Thomson, Melina Vidler, Benson Jack Anthony, Rick Donald, and Birdie Carter.