Close to My Heart (1951): Cast & Plot

Brad Sheridan, Ray Milland, a newspaper columnist, and his wife Midge Sheridan Gene Tierney yearn for a family but hit the same wall many would expect: they cannot have children of their own. In a bid to grow their family, they set their sights on adoption. The adoption agency warns of a long waiting list, but Midge learns of an abandoned child left at the police station. The infant, a boy named Danny, is described as a ward of the juvenile court, which gives the Sheridans a glimmer of possibility. They visit Danny under a ruse—Midge posing as Brad’s secretary—while Brad weighs the moral balance of pursuing a private path to parenthood versus the formal route through the agency.