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The Cradle Will Fall
This doctor's a killer. Is the woman tracking him his next patient or his next victim?
4.0(5)19831h 40m
Kathy DeMaio checks into the hospital and thinks she sees a body being loaded into the trunk of a car. When the body turns up later and the murderer, Dr. Highley, thinks that DeMaio can identify him, her life is put in jeopardy. Originally made for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the interesting twist to this thriller is that several cast members of the daytime soap opera "Guiding Light" play those same roles here.
- Director
- John Llewellyn Moxey
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Cast

Lauren Hutton
Kathy DeMaio

Ben Murphy
Dr. Richard Carroll

James Farentino
Dr. Edgar Highley
Charita Bauer
Bert Bauer
Carolyn Ann Clark
Leslie Ann
Joe Ponazecki
Larry Wyatt
Elvera Roussel
Hope
Jerry Ver Dorn
Ross Marler

Doris Belack
Edna Burns

Michael Higgins
Dr. Emmet Salem
Ralph Byers
Christopher Lewis

Debra Mooney
Vangie Lewis

William H. Macy
Ben Duffy
Frieda Bauer
Mrs. Rawlings
Audrey Jo Campbell
Dream Mother
Cindy Cash
Nurse
Robin Jo Coleman
Nurse's Aide

Tony Devon
Mr. Miller
Dianne Oyama Dixon
Mavis
Peggy Dobson
Amy
Danielle DuClos
Little Kathy
Ezra Eichelberger
Jim
Terri M. Gardner
Nurse #1
Gerry House
Policeman #2
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Crew
Directing
- John Llewellyn MoxeyDirector
Writing
- Jerome CoopersmithTeleplay
- Mary Higgins ClarkNovel
Production
- Barbara De FinaUnit Production Manager
- Sam MattinglyPublicist
- Joseph CatesProducer
Camera
- Steven PosterDirector of Photography
- Jeff WolfFirst Assistant "B" Camera
- Michael E. MattesonKey Grip
Editing
- Dennis M. O'ConnorEditor
Sound
- Elliot LawrenceOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew AdamsBoom Operator
- John SpeakSound Supervisor
- Lanny MeyersOrchestrator
Art
- Virginia FieldArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Evelyn ThompsonCostume Design