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When the Bough Breaks (1986) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 12, 1986

Original Title:
When the Bough Breaks

Genres:
Crime | Drama | TV Movie | Thriller

Production Companies:
TDF Productions
Taft Entertainment Television

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 100

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Casting:
Mary V. Buck
Susan Edelman

Co-Producer:
Kenneth R. Koch

Director:
Waris Hussein

Director of Photography:
James Crabe

Editor:
Michael Jablow

Executive Producer:
Ted Danson
Dan Fauci

Hairstylist:
Marilyn Patricia Phillips

Makeup Artist:
Bruce Hutchinson

Novel:
Jonathan Kellerman

Original Music Composer:
Paul Chihara

Producer:
Rick Husky

Production Design:
Beala Neel

Set Decoration:
Richard D. Kent

Stunt Coordinator:
Mic Rodgers

Writer:
Phil Penningroth

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