When the Bough Breaks

Year: 1986

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: English

Director: Waris Hussein

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After testifying against a child molester, a Los Angeles psychiatrist finds the accused dead in his office, staged as a suicide. He retreats to the mountains, where a detective asks him to help a seven‑year‑old who witnessed her parents’ murder. Their probe uncovers a link to a group of powerful pedophiles, endangering both the child and the doctor.

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