Trapped in Silence
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Michael Tuchner
Marsha Mason
Kiefer Sutherland
John Mahoney
Stephen Pearlman
Ron Silver
Film Details
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Synopsis
Drama of an elective mute teenager (played by Donald Sutherland's lookalike son, Kiefer) and the psychologist who feels she can get through to him at the institution (Marsha Mason in the part). Filmed in and around Poughkeepsie, New York, it was adapted by Vicki Patik (Emmy Award winner for "Do You Remember Love" who, before this film premiere, had her name removed and the pseudonym of Pat E. Victor be substituted) from psychologist Torey Haden's book of her experiences treating similar cases of elective mutism--an emotionally induced condition in which the patient is capable of speaking but refuses. "Trapped in Silence," initially titled "Silent Rage," had been scheduled to be first broadcast in late January but was cancelled due to the Challenger Shuttle disaster.
Director
Michael Tuchner
Cast
Marsha Mason
Kiefer Sutherland
John Mahoney
Stephen Pearlman
Ron Silver
Amy Wright
Harsh Nayyar
Karen Shallo
John Mccurry
Rebecca Schull
Joan Pape
Frances Foster
Jason Brill
Robert L Bell
Jay Ferguson
Crew
Wendy Acrish
Eric Albertson
Sara Beth Allen
Ben Anderson
Gary Anderson
Robert Anderson
Dick Atkins
Louise Barlow
Andrew Bernard
Bill Bilowit
Michael Blundell
Linda Castillo
Linda Castillo
Jack Cooley
Beth Cumber
William F Deseta
Elaine Dysinger
David Finamore
Steven Finestone
Jacqueline Frank
Kevin Franklin Gieb
Sue Grafton
Mike Graham
Mike Graham
Jeff Grant
Charles Gross
Wendi Haas
Torey Haden
Michael Haley
N Deborah Hazlett
Elizabeth Hickox
Gary Hildebrand
Steve Humphrey
Andrew Johns
Ron Kalish
David Kappes
David Kappes
Sherman Kennedy
Kathy Kileen
Ken Kopro
Lynn Kressel
Howard Krupa
Philip Mcelroy
Barbara Mcgovern
Peter Nelson
Bitty O'sullivan-smith
Peggy Parker
Pliny Porter
Margaret Prescod
Norman Rinehart
Barbara Robins
Christopher Rogers
Christian W Russhon
Jeff Sanders
Robert Schweber
Linda Shamest Rosman
Eve Silvester
Ben Speth
Thomas Sud
Heddy Toth
Brian Tufano
Marlies Vallant
Marlies Vallant
Gerrit Van Der Meer
Pat A Victor
Rick Waddell
Peter Warren
Greg Webb
Moses Weitzman
Kathryn Zatarga
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Aired in United States May 11, 1986
Aired in United States on Video August 1, 1990
Previous title: "Silent Rage."
