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When the Bough Breaks
When the Bough Breaks
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  2. When the Bough Breaks

When the Bough Breaks

1986
1h 40m
Crime
Drama
Thriller

Status

Released

Release

1986

Runtime

1h 40m

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Storyline

A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains outside of L.A. Not long afterwards a detective he knows comes to him for help. A seven-year-old girl saw someone kill both of her parents, but is so traumatized by the event that she can't remember anything, and the detective wants the doctor to help jar her memory. Soon, however, the doctor and the detective discover that the parents' murder and the pedophiles "suicide" may be linked to a shadowy group of wealthy and influential pedophiles, and that the child isn't the only one whose life is in danger.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Oct 12, 1986
Languages
English
Director
Waris Hussein
Waris Hussein
Production
TDF Productions
TDF Productions
Taft Entertainment Television
Taft Entertainment Television
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

33 Cast Members

Ted Danson

Ted Danson

Alex

Richard Masur

Richard Masur

Milo

Rachel Ticotin

Rachel Ticotin

Raquel Santos

James Noble

James Noble

Dr. Warren Towle

Kim Miyori

Kim Miyori

Kim Hickle

Merritt Butrick

Merritt Butrick

Tim Kruger

David Huddleston

David Huddleston

Vicar McCaffrey

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Van der Graaf

Scott Paulin

Scott Paulin

Rick

Deborah Harmon

Deborah Harmon

Lisa

Marcie Leeds

Melody Quinn

Tom Williams

Stuart Hickle

Robert Covarrubias

Robert Covarrubias

Andy

Danny De La Paz

Danny De La Paz

Raphael

Lupe Ontiveros

Lupe Ontiveros

Cruz

Lisa Blake Richards

Lisa Blake Richards

Agnes

May Quigley

Clerk #2

Ben Slack

Ben Slack

Arthur Gershman

Dan Fauci

Chief of Police

Paula Shaw

Paula Shaw

Judge

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