Movie
The Cradle Will Fall
Released: May 24, 1983 (1983)
Runtime: 100 minutes
Genres: Thriller, Horror, Drama, TV Movie
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 Originally made for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the interesting twist to this thriller is that several cast members of the daytime soap opera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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Michael Higgins as Dr. Emmet Salem
Age at release: 63
- Charita Bauer as Bert Bauer
Age at release: 60
- Doris Belack as Edna Burns
Age at release: 57
- Joe Ponazecki as Larry Wyatt
Age at release: 49
- James Farentino as Dr. Edgar Highley
Age at release: 45
- Ben Murphy as Dr. Richard Carroll
Age at release: 41
- Lauren Hutton as Kathy DeMaio
Age at release: 39
- Elvera Roussel as Hope
Age at release: 35
- Carolyn Ann Clark as Leslie Ann
Age at release: 24
- Jerry Ver Dorn as Ross Marler
Age at release: Unknown
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- Debra Mooney as Vangie Lewis
Age at release: 35
- Ralph Byers as Christopher Lewis
Age at release: 33
- William H. Macy as Ben Duffy
Age at release: 33
- Tony Devon as Mr. Miller
Age at release: 31
- Dianne Oyama Dixon as Mavis
Age at release: 29
- Danielle DuClos as Little Kathy
Age at release: 8
- Frieda Bauer as Mrs. Rawlings
Age at release: Unknown
- Audrey Jo Campbell as Dream Mother
Age at release: Unknown
- Cindy Cash as Nurse
Age at release: Unknown
- Robin Jo Coleman as Nurse's Aide
Age at release: Unknown
- Peggy Dobson as Amy
Age at release: Unknown
- Ezra Eichelberger as Jim
Age at release: Unknown
- Terri M. Gardner as Nurse #1
Age at release: Unknown
- Gerry House as Policeman #2
Age at release: Unknown
- Barbara B. Shepherd as Patient
Age at release: Unknown
- Mary Timoney as Secretary
Age at release: Unknown
- Michael Torrey as Policeman #1
Age at release: Unknown
- Jackie Welch as Head Nurse
Age at release: Unknown
- Stacy Harris as Wicked Nurse (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown