The Cradle Will Fall
This doctor's a killer. Is the woman tracking him his next patient or his next victim?
1983 | 100m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Llewellyn Moxey |
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| Writer: | Mary Higgins Clark |
| Staring: |
| 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 Originally made for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the interesting twist to this thriller is that several cast members of the daytime soap opera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. | |
| Release Date: | May 24, 1983 |
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| Director: | John Llewellyn Moxey |
| Writer: | Mary Higgins Clark |
| Genres: | Drama, Horror, Thriller, TV Movie |
| Keywords | fountain of youth, hospital, youth-enhancing drug, medical malpractice |
| Production Companies | CBS, Procter & Gamble Productions, Telepictures, Cates Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lauren Hutton | Kathy DeMaio |
| Ben Murphy | Dr. Richard Carroll |
| James Farentino | Dr. Edgar Highley |
| Charita Bauer | Bert Bauer |
| Carolyn Ann Clark | Leslie Ann |
| Joe Ponazecki | Larry Wyatt |
| Elvera Roussel | Hope |
| Jerry Ver Dorn | Ross Marler |
| Doris Belack | Edna Burns |
| Michael Higgins | Dr. Emmet Salem |
| Ralph Byers | Christopher Lewis |
| Debra Mooney | Vangie Lewis |
| William H. Macy | Ben Duffy |
| Frieda Bauer | Mrs. Rawlings |
| Audrey Jo Campbell | Dream Mother |
| Cindy Cash | Nurse |
| Robin Jo Coleman | Nurse's Aide |
| Tony Devon | Mr. Miller |
| Dianne Oyama Dixon | Mavis |
| Peggy Dobson | Amy |
| Danielle DuClos | Little Kathy |
| Ezra Eichelberger | Jim |
| Terri M. Gardner | Nurse #1 |
| Gerry House | Policeman #2 |
| Barbara B. Shepherd | Patient |
| Mary Timoney | Secretary |
| Michael Torrey | Policeman #1 |
| Jackie Welch | Head Nurse |
| Stacy Harris | Wicked Nurse (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Elliot Lawrence | Original Music Composer |
| Dennis M. O'Connor | Editor |
| Virginia Field | Art Direction |
| Evelyn Thompson | Costume Design |
| Andrew Adams | Boom Operator |
| John Speak | Sound Supervisor |
| Michael E. Matteson | Key Grip |
| Jeff Wolf | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Lanny Meyers | Orchestrator |
| John Llewellyn Moxey | Director |
| Jerome Coopersmith | Teleplay |
| Steven Poster | Director of Photography |
| Barbara De Fina | Unit Production Manager |
| Sam Mattingly | Publicist |
| Mary Higgins Clark | Novel |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joseph Cates | Producer |
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