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In the Best Interest of the Child

In the Best Interest of the Child

1990TV Movie⏱️ 1h 40m
Drama
6.1
IMDB Rating
163 votes

Jennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns on Jennifer that Mandy might be sexually abused by her father. What will she do when the court isn't favourable in Mandy's hour of need?

Director
David Greene
Writers
N/A
Stars
Meg Tilly, Ed Begley Jr., Michael O'Keefe
Release Date
May 20, 1990
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 6
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Meg Tilly
Meg Tilly
as Jennifer Colton
Ed Begley Jr.
Ed Begley Jr.
as Howard Feldon
Michael O'Keefe
Michael O'Keefe
as Walt Colton
Michele Greene
Michele Greene
as Nora
👤
Marta Woodward
as Mandy Colton
👤
David Wohl
as Judge Dunham
James Eckhouse
James Eckhouse
as Chilton
Jim Byrnes
Jim Byrnes
as Kurt
Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett
as Lori
Peter Hansen
Peter Hansen
as Dr. Innes

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Robert Papazian Productions

🏷️ Keywords

stepfather stepdaughter sexmother child relationshipfather daughter sexwoman in a showerimplied female nudity

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

A film that goes a bit of the way to demonstrate the callous actions of family courts.
by EdmondDantes4242015-01-18
7/10

"There is worldwide distress caused by cps and the family courts. They imprisoned me for similar reasons to the woman in the film. The film does not bring out enough just how corrupt the family court system is, or how cps workers thrive on bullying people. A top psychiatrist told me that their was a huge trail of very long term distressed children and families left in the wake of social services. The film also fails to show that the family courts readily allow things to happen that the criminal courts would put people imprison for. The film misses that this situation is a pandemic. The idea tha..."

📖 Synopsis

Jennifer's daughter is having nightmares and acting violently. It dawns on Jennifer that Mandy might be sexually abused by her father. What will she do when the court isn't favourable in Mandy's hour of need?