Skip to main content
Filmarian
All films
Poster for When the Bough Breaks
Sign in to rateBe the first to rate
+ write a review
Released
1986 · FILM

When the Bough Breaks

Directed by
Runtime
100 min
CrimeDramaThrillerTV Movie

Synopsis

A Los Angeles psychiatrist provides testimony for the prosecution in the trial of a man accused of child molestation. Later, the defendant, who was released on bail, is discovered dead in the psychiatrist's office, seemingly a suicide. Disturbed by the incident, the psychiatrist relocates to the mountains outside Los Angeles. Shortly after, a detective he knows seeks his assistance: a seven-year-old girl witnessed the murder of both her parents but is too traumatized to recall any details, and the detective hopes the psychiatrist can help her recover her memory. As they work together, the doctor and the detective uncover possible connections between the parents' murder, the pedophile's "suicide," and a secretive group of wealthy and influential pedophiles. They also realize that the child is not the only one at risk.

Related titles

No curated related titles yet. Use the edit affordance to add "More from this director", "Same franchise", or "Adaptation source material" entries — every change goes through the wiki review queue.

How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Michael JablowShot by James CrabeScored by Paul ChiharaDesigned by Beala Neel

Community tags

Be the first to tag this page — tags appear right away. Try a theme, capability, or subject (e.g. WWII, heist, slow burn, time travel, A24).

Help complete this page

We’re missing mpaa rating, logline. Sign in to add what you know.