When the Bough Breaks (1986 film)

When the Bough Breaks is a 1986 television film directed by Waris Hussein and starring Ted Danson. The screenplay by Phil Penningroth was adapted from Jonathan Kellerman's 1985 novel of the same name. Danson, who also co-produced, plays the crime-solving forensic psychologist Alex Delaware, a character who appears in a series of novels by Kellerman.

When the Bough Breaks
GenreThriller
Based onWhen the Bough Breaks
by Jonathan Kellerman
Written byPhil Penningroth
Directed byWaris Hussein
StarringTed Danson
Richard Masur
Rachel Ticotin
Music byPaul Chihara
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Executive producer(s)Ted Danson
Dan Fauci
Producer(s)Rick Husky
Kenneth R. Koch (co-producer)
CinematographyJames Crabe
Editor(s)Michael Jablow
Running time100 min.
Production company(s)TDF Productions
Taft Entertainment Television
DistributorNBC
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseOctober 12, 1986 (1986-10-12TU.S.)

Plot

Alex Delaware, 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, Milo Sturgis, 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 Sturgis wants the doctor to help: Alex agrees, and the two go on the trail of the real perpetrators.

Cast

Reception

A 1986 New York Times review said that, after a "properly taut start", "the solution to the mystery becomes apparent early on and that leaves the movie...tumbling rapidly into ever more unbelievable situations".[1] Jeff Jarvis of People magazine called When the Bough Breaks "a nice, tight, tense little murder mystery" with "some neatly shocking scenes".[2]

References
  1. O'Connor, John J. (October 10, 1986). "TV Weekend; 2 Films, 'Bough Breaks' and 'Circle of Violence'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  2. Jarvis, Jeff (October 13, 1986). "Picks and Pans Review: When the Bough Breaks". People. Retrieved April 9, 2012.


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