When the Bough Breaks

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Waris Hussein

Writers

Jonathan Kellerman, Phil Penningroth

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

12 October 1986

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Ted Danson

  Alex

• 

  Richard Masur

  Milo

• 

  Rachel Ticotin

  Raquel Santos

• 

  James Noble

  Dr. Warren Towle

• 

  Kim Miyori

  Kim Hickle

• 

  Merritt Butrick

  Tim Kruger

• 

  David Huddleston

  Vicar McCaffrey

• 

  Charles Lane

  Van der Graaf

• 

  Scott Paulin

  Rick

• 

  Deborah Harmon

  Lisa

• Marcie Leeds

  Melody Quinn

• Tom Williams

  Stuart Hickle