In the Custody of Strangers
Brief Synopsis
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A restless teenager is arrested and jailed following a drunken binge, and his parents face a 40-day ordeal of trying to get him out after he is charged with assault after defending himself from the hardened criminals with whom he was locked up. Martin Sheen and real-life son Emilio Estevez acted tog
Cast & Crew
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Robert Greenwald
Director
Ross Harris
Sharon Barr
Ed Lauter
David Moses
Sonny Davis
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1982
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
A restless teenager is arrested and jailed following a drunken binge, and his parents face a 40-day ordeal of trying to get him out after he is charged with assault after defending himself from the hardened criminals with whom he was locked up. Martin Sheen and real-life son Emilio Estevez acted together as fictional father and son for the first time in this film.
Director
Robert Greenwald
Director
Cast
Ross Harris
Sharon Barr
Ed Lauter
David Moses
Sonny Davis
Judy Ann Elder
Jon Van Ness
Anthony Davis
Virginia Kiser
Peter Jurasik
David Faustino
Bill Smillie
J.p. Bumstead
Matt Clark
John Hancock
Liz Sheridan
Martin Sheen
Jane Alexander
Pat Mcnamara
Kenneth Mcmillan
Susan Peretz
Cheryl Francis
W T Zacha
Deborah Foreman
Henry Tomaszewski
Ramon Estevez
Art Lafleur
Emilio Estevez
Crew
Robert Anderson
Assistant Director
Norm Baron
Production Designer
Craig A Beaudine
Assistant Director
William Beaudine Jr.
Production Manager
William Beaudine Jr.
Associate Producer
Les Berns
Makeup
Marilyn R Berro
Assistant
Robin Brantley
Assistant
Robert Checchi
Set Decorator
Shari Feldman
Wardrobe
Robert Florio
Editor
Terri Fricon
Music Supervisor
Susanne Gervay
Negative Cutting
Jerry Goldman
Production Associate
Rich Harrison
Sound Effects
Whitney Hughes
Stunt Coordinator
Helene Iannucci
Other
Billy Idol
Other
Joyce King
Script Supervisor
Isidore Mankofsky
Director Of Photography
Mick Mcafee
Post-Production Supervisor
Matthew Mccauley
Music
John Mick
Music Editor
Jennifer Millar
Screenplay
Ted Mossman
Property Master
Tom Numbers
Wardrobe
Joan Phillips
Hair
Steven Rosenbloom
Assistant Director
Robert M. Sertner
Auditor
Barry D Thomas
Sound
Frank Von Zerneck
Producer
Susan Weber-gold
Production Coordinator
Judith Weiner
Casting
Karen Sharp Weissman
Assistant Editor
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
1982
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States May 26, 1982
Aired in United States on Video March 28, 1990
