The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1991
Bump in the Night
Directed by
Karen Arthur
Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son, Jonathan, leaves for school, stopping first to meet his father for breakfast. But Jonathan never meets his dad. Instead, he is picked up by Lawrence, a pedophile who has been watching him. Now Martha must overcome her alcoholism and her bitterness towards her ex-husband and use her old investigative skills to find her …
The story
Martha "Red" Tierney used to be a hot-shot reporter, but that was before alcohol took over her life. One morning Martha's son, Jonathan, leaves for school, stopping first to meet his father for breakfast. But Jonathan never meets his dad. Instead, he is picked up by Lawrence, a pedophile who has been watching him. Now Martha must overcome her alcoholism and her bitterness towards her ex-husband and use her old investigative skills to find her son before it's too late.
Cast
Meredith BaxterMartha Tierney (as Meredith Baxter-Birney
Christopher ReeveLawrence Muller
Wings HauserPatrick Tierney
Richard BradfordSgt. Pete Mooney
Geraldine FitzgeraldMrs. Beauchamps
Shirley KnightKatie Leonard
Terrence MannBen Nicolaides
Richard Joseph PaulJeff Donner
Anne TwomeySarah Jennings (as Ann Twomey)
Leslie GailCheryl Mason
Travis SwordsBarry Weller
Corey CarrierJonathan Tierney
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