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Status
Released
Release
1983
Runtime
1h 37m
"It's just another headline. Until it happens to your child."
Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh deal with their grief in front of the whole country when their son, Adam, is abducted and later found dead.
33 Cast Members
Daniel J. Travanti
John Walsh
JoBeth Williams
Reve Walsh
Martha Scott
Gram Walsh
Richard Masur
Jay Howell
Paul Regina
Joe Walsh
Mason Adams
Ray Mellette
Tony Frank
Lt. Richard Hynds
John M. Jackson
Det. Jim Gibbons
Alex Harvey
Det. Jack Hoffman
John Boston
Adam Walsh
John Perry Edson
Congressman Clay Shaw
Rick Stokes
Congressman James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Robert Ginnaven
Det. Vincent Corrao
Robin Bradley
Julie Patz
Gary Moody
Jeff
Marina Astudillo
Detectives' Secretary
Robert Shaw
Father Mike Conboy
Terri Gardner
Karen
Sharon Menzel
Kristin Cole Brown
John Henry Faulk
Sen. Strom Thurmond