Film
In the Custody of Strangers
1982· 16· 1h 31m· Drama· Tv-movie
“His crime was a minor one. His sentence was a nightmare.”
A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen.
1982-05-26
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Key Crew
DirectorRobert Greenwald
WriterJennifer Miller
ProducerFrank von Zerneck
Director of PhotographyIsidore Mankofsky
Original Music ComposerMatthew McCauley
EditorRobert Florio
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Details
Released1982-05-26
Runtime1h 31m · 16
StatusReleased
StudiosFilmways Television · Moonlight Productions
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating6.4/10 · 13 votes
Original languageen
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