Roger Dollison, a police officer, and his wife, Kendra, are living the American dream. They have two children, Teddy and Sandy, a lovely home, and a dog named Rex. What they know and how they live as a family is irreparably changed one day when it is discovered that a classmate of Teddy's is the apparent victim of sexual abuse and molestation at the respected neighborhood daycare center. Like all other parents, the Dollisons are tormented — "we should have known, we should have seen" — but their devastation is complete when Teddy tells his own story, one he promised his abusers he would never tell.
Acting
Brian Bonsall (Teddy) absolutely destroys you in two scenes.
Direction
Cates builds dread through domestic normalcy until it curdles.
Director
Gilbert Cates
Pam Dawber
Kendra Dollison
John Shea
Roger Dollison
Stephen Dorff
Sandy Dollison
Brian Bonsall
Teddy Dollison
Matthew Laurance
Marvin Bernstein
Anthony Geary
Stephen Pugliotti
Georgann Johnson
Mavis Richardson
Bruce Fairbairn
Ellis Stockman
William Prince
Arthur Richardson
Graham Jarvis
Judge Allen
Natalie West
Paula Stockman
Janet Eilber
Dr. Martha Billington
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the 1980s 'Satanic Panic' era, this fed real moral hysteria while accidentally capturing actual systemic abuse patterns that would later be confirmed in cases like the McMartin trial.
The title references a nursery rhyme to underline innocence corrupted; Brian Bonsall later played Andy Keaton on Family Ties—a jarring career pivot from this performance.
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