When the Bough Breaks

Oct 12, 1986

1h 40m

★ 5.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

TDF Productions

Taft Entertainment Television

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Cast

Alex

Ted Danson

Milo

Richard Masur

Raquel Santos

Rachel Ticotin

Dr. Warren Towle

James Noble

Kim Hickle

Kim Miyori

Tim Kruger

Merritt Butrick

Vicar McCaffrey

David Huddleston

Van der Graaf

Charles Lane

Rick

Scott Paulin

Lisa

Deborah Harmon

Melody Quinn

Marcie Leeds

Stuart Hickle

Tom Williams

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