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Child of Anger

Child of Anger

1976TV Episode⏱️ 1h 0mTV-PG
ActionCrimeDramaMystery
7.2
IMDB Rating
91 votes

A teenage girl is frustrated by her mother's condescending ways. When a man she sees strike her mother is killed by the mob the girl is a witness. She claims responsibility to damage her family reputation hoping her mother feels d...

Director
David Whorf
Writers
Charles Larson, Carolyn Weston
Stars
Karl Malden, Richard Hatch, Dorothy Malone
Release Date
December 2, 1976
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Karl Malden
Karl Malden
as Detective Lt. Mike Stone
Richard Hatch
Richard Hatch
as Inspector Dan Robbins
Dorothy Malone
Dorothy Malone
as Julia Desmond
Leslie Ackerman
Leslie Ackerman
as Melanie Desmond
Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas
as Ethan Prince
Guy Stockwell
Guy Stockwell
as Frank Kyd
Tom Drake
Tom Drake
as Hank Desmond
Steve Sandor
Steve Sandor
as Ken Manning
Pat Renella
Pat Renella
as Jerry Stillman
Booth Colman
Booth Colman
as Ira Foster

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
480 Vallejo St, San Francisco, California, USA
Production
Quinn Martin Productions (QM)

🏷️ Keywords

character appears in newspaperwitness to a murderdysfunctional mother daughter relationship

🎯 Categories

ActionCrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

A Daughter's Confession
by Jimmy_the_Gent42022-07-15

"Julia Desmond, a famous fashion designer has an abusive gambler boyfriend, when he is killed, her daughter says she did it. Just an OK episode, not up to the standards of the first 4 seasons. Most interesting thing is seeing Oscar winner Dorothy Malone (Written On The Wind 1956) as Julia. Her daughter is played by Leslie Ackerman, but her acting is awkward. Stone and Robbins don't believe her story. She was a witness to the crime and the real killer comes after her...."

💡 Did You Know?

The killing of mobster Johnny Stompanato was the basis for this episode. Stompanato had a year long physically abusive extramarital affair with actress Lana Turner and when he was stabbed to death at her home in 1958, her then 14 year old daughter Cheryl Crane claimed responsibility for the act. The killing was deemed justified. Ever since then many have suspected that Turner herself committed the act and allowed her daughter to falsely confess to the stabbing.

📖 Synopsis

A teenage girl is frustrated by her mother's condescending ways. When a man she sees strike her mother is killed by the mob the girl is a witness. She claims responsibility to damage her family reputation hoping her mother feels d...