When The Bough Breaks

When The Bough Breaks

100 mins | Crime, Thriller | Oct. 12, 1986

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.

When The Bough Breaks

100 mins | Crime, Thriller | Oct. 12, 1986

When The Bough Breaks
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers
Original title When The Bough Breaks
Directors Waris Hussein
Writers Jonathan Kellerman, Phil Penningroth

Cast

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

Danny De La Paz

as Raphael

Lupe Ontiveros

as Cruz

May Quigley

as Clerk #2

Ben Slack

as Arthur Gershman

Ed Morgan

as Judge Edwin Marks