by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Kate Jackson had intended to both produce and star in the made-for-TV A Child's Cry, but her busy Scarecrow and Mrs. King schedule forced her to relinquish the leading role to Lindsay Wagner. Wagner plays Joanne Van Buren, a sensitive social worker whose latest charge, young Eric Townsend (Taliesen Jaffe), shows signs of being abused. Running up against several walls of resistance, Joanne nonetheless continues to investigate. She ultimately unearths a shocking truth involving Eric's father, played in image-busting fashion by James Brolin. A Child's Cry debuted February 9, 1986.
characteristics
- Mistreatment
- Abuse
- Medical-treatment
- Nervous-breakdown
- Social-worker
- Suspect
- Victim
- Molestation
- Autism
- Child
- Lunacy
- Autistic
