The Cradle Will Fall(1983)
This doctor's a killer. Is the woman tracking him his next patient or his next victim?
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 Originally made for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the interesting twist to this thriller is that several cast members of the daytime soap opera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.
Movie: The Cradle Will Fall
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Kathy DeMaio
Dr. Richard Carroll
Dr. Edgar Highley
Edna Burns
Dr. Emmet Salem
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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 Originally made for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the interesting twist to this thriller is that several cast members of the daytime soap opera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.
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1983-05-24
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This doctor's a killer. Is the woman tracking him his next patient or his next victim?
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