Plot

Poor Ontario family births quintuplets in 1930s. Town doctor takes over, turning babies into freak show attraction. As it becomes a multi-million industry, desperate parents fight to regain their children.

The true story that shocked 1930's Canada. When a poor rural Ontario family gives birth to quintuplet, the town doctor doesn't waste a second in taking over the family. He helps to take care of the babies but soon turns them into a freak show. By the time the government finally gets involved, the babies are a multi-million-dollar industry. How can the desperate, uneducated parents regain their babies and bring their family back together?—Steve Richer <sricher@sympatico.ca>