Child in the Night (1990)

Directed by

Mike Robe

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A child psychologist works with a young boy who witnessed a violent murder. The boy is traumatized and cannot remember what he saw. She tries to help him recover his memory while the police investigate the crime.

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What happens

Child in the Night is a 1990 American television film broadcast during the 1990 May sweeps. It aired on the CBS Network before a subsequent release to home video and syndication. The psychological thriller stars JoBeth Williams as a child psychologist, Tom Skerritt as a local police chief and introduced Elijah Wood as a troubled witness to a brutal slaying. Darren McGavin co-starred. It was the final film on-screen role appearance of Rick May, who died nearly 30 years later on April 5, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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