Child in the Night

Child in the Night
Genre	Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
Written by	Michael Petryni
Directed by	Mike Robe
Starring	JoBeth Williams Tom Skerritt Elijah Wood Darren McGavin Season Hubley
Theme music composer	Mark Snow
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Christopher Stark
Cinematography	Gerald Hirschfeld
Editor	Benjamin A. Weissman
Running time	98 minutes
Production companies	Allied Communications Jayhawk Productions Mike Robe Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	May 1, 1990

Child In The Night is a television film broadcast during the 1990 May Sweeps. It aired on the CBS Network before a subsequent release to home video and syndication. The psychological thriller stars JoBeth Williams as a child psychologist, Tom Skerritt as a local police chief and introduced nine-year-old Elijah Wood as a troubled witness to a brutal slaying. Darren McGavin co-starred.

Cast

• JoBeth Williams - Dr. Hollis
• Elijah Wood - Luke
• Tom Skerritt - Bass
• Season Hubley - Valerie
• Tim Choate - Curt
• Darren McGavin - Os Winfield
• Stephen Godwin - Scott Winfield
• Karen Trumbo - Julia Fiori
• John Aylward - Dr. Wendt
• Laura Langwell - Sharon O'Bannon
• Don Hohenstein - Jackie's Date
• J.R. Knotts - Ivan Decker
• John Procaccino - Detective
• Philip Jacquez - Yellow Taxi driver (uncredited)

External links

• Child in the Night at IMDb