The Cradle Will Fall

The Cradle Will Fall

100 mins | Drama, Thriller, Horror, TV Movie | May 24, 1983

Kathy DeMaio checks into the hospital and thinks she sees a body being loaded into the trunk of a car. When the body turns up later and the murderer, Dr. Highley, thinks that DeMaio can identify him, her life is put in jeopardy. Originally made for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the interesting twist to this thriller is that several cast members of the daytime soap opera "Guiding Light" play those same roles here.

The Cradle Will Fall

100 mins | Drama, Thriller, Horror, TV Movie | May 24, 1983

The Cradle Will Fall
Kathy DeMaio checks into the hospital and thinks she sees a body being loaded into the trunk of a car. When the body turns up later and the murderer, Dr. Highley, thinks that DeMaio can identify him, her life is put in jeopardy. Originally made for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the interesting twist to this thriller is that several cast members of the daytime soap opera "Guiding Light" play those same roles here.
IMDb rating 5.1
Producers PGP Productions, Telepictures, Cates Films
Original title The Cradle Will Fall
Directors John Llewellyn Moxey
Writers Mary Higgins Clark

Cast

Lauren Hutton

as Kathy DeMaio

Ben Murphy

as Dr. Richard Carroll

James Farentino

as Dr. Edgar Highley

Charita Bauer

as Bert Bauer

Carolyn Ann Clark

as Leslie Ann

Joe Ponazecki

as Larry Wyatt

Elvera Roussel

as Hope

Jerry Ver Dorn

as Ross Marler

Doris Belack

as Edna Burns

Michael Higgins

as Dr. Emmet Salem

Ralph Byers

as Christopher Lewis

Debra Mooney

as Vangie Lewis

William H. Macy

as Ben Duffy

Frieda Bauer

as Mrs. Rawlings

Audrey Jo Campbell

as Dream Mother

Cindy Cash

as Nurse

Robin Jo Coleman

as Nurse's Aide

Tony Devon

as Mr. Miller

Peggy Dobson

as Amy

Danielle DuClos

as Little Kathy

Terri M. Gardner

as Nurse #1

Gerry House

as Policeman #2

Barbara B. Shepherd

as Patient

Mary Timoney

as Secretary

Michael Torrey

as Policeman #1

Jackie Welch

as Head Nurse

Stacy Harris

as Wicked Nurse (uncredited)