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.
Acting
Real father-son agony between Martin and Emilio Sheen.
Writing
Every parent's worst 'lesson' spirals into Kafkaesque horror.
Direction
Greenwald builds dread from mundane choices.
Director
Robert Greenwald
Martin Sheen
Frank Caldwell
Jane Alexander
Sandy Caldwell
Emilio Estevez
Danny Caldwell
Kenneth McMillan
Albert C. Caruso
Ed Lauter
Judge Halloran
Matt Clark
Mike Raines
Virginia Kiser
Dr. Forman
Jon Van Ness
Corky
John Hancock
Judge Bennett
Deborah Foreman
Karen
Susan Peretz
Big Faye
Peter Jurasik
Andy Barnes
Judyann Elder
Marni Blake, Prosecutor
Pat McNamara
Quinn
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