When the Bough Breaks
5.5
100 minutes
10/12/1986
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.
Cast List
Ted Danson
as Alex
Richard Masur
as Milo
Rachel Ticotin
as Raquel Santos
James Noble
as Dr. Warren Towle
Kim Miyori
as Kim Hickle
Merritt Butrick
as Tim Kruger
David Huddleston
as Vicar McCaffrey
Charles Lane
as Van der Graaf
Scott Paulin
as Rick
Deborah Harmon
as Lisa
Marcie Leeds
as Melody Quinn
Tom Williams
as Stuart Hickle
Robert Covarrubias
as Andy
Danny De La Paz
as Raphael
Lupe Ontiveros
as Cruz
Lisa Blake Richards
as Agnes
May Quigley
as Clerk #2
Ben Slack
as Arthur Gershman
Dan Fauci
as Chief of Police
Paula Shaw
as Judge
Frank Dent
as Harry
Jane Alden
as Ellen
Jim Fitzpatrick
as Reporter #3
Ed Morgan
as Judge Edwin Marks
Norman Merrill
as Earl
Winship Cook
as Reporter #1
Larry Gilman
as Reporter #2
Barbara Sammeth
as Clerk #1
David Byrd
as Larry / Owner
Janet Rotblatt
as Secretary / Nurse
Rocky Krakoff
as Rodney
Louis Plante
as Guard
William Tucker
as Student