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In the Custody of Strangers
Film / 1982

In the Custody of Strangers

Directed by Robert Greenwald
DramaTV movie

★ 6.4/10Audience rating

A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen.

The story

A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen.

Cast

Martin SheenFrank Caldwell Jane AlexanderSandy Caldwell Emilio EstevezDanny Caldwell Kenneth McMillanAlbert C. Caruso Ed LauterJudge Halloran Matt ClarkMike Raines Virginia KiserDr. Forman Jon Van NessCorky John HancockJudge Bennett Deborah ForemanKaren Susan PeretzBig Faye Peter JurasikAndy Barnes
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Judyann ElderMarni Blake, Prosecutor Pat McNamaraQuinn Henry TomaszewskiRoach Sonny Carl DavisStore Clerk Ramon EstevezPick Art LaFleurClifford David FaustinoDavid Liz SheridanCaseworker

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