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Released
1983 · FILM

The Cradle Will Fall

This doctor's a killer. Is the woman tracking him his next patient or his next victim?

ThrillerHorrorDramaTV Movie

Synopsis

Kathy DeMaio checks into the hospital and believes she sees a body being loaded into the trunk of a car. When the body is later discovered and the murderer, Dr. Highley, suspects that DeMaio can identify him, her life is placed in danger. Originally produced for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the thriller features an unusual twist: several cast members from the daytime soap opera "Guiding Light" reprise their roles in the film.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Dennis M O ConnorShot by Steven PosterScored by Elliot Lawrence

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