Trapped in Silence
{{Infobox film
| name = Trapped in Silence
| image =
| caption =
| director = Michael Tuchner
| producer = [https://imdb.com/name/nm0040581/ Dick Atkins]
Jeff Grant executive producer
| writer = Torey Hayden story "Murphy's Boy"
[https://imdb.com/name/nm0665591/ Vickie Patik] (as Pat A. Victor)
| starring = Kiefer Sutherland
Marsha Mason
| editing = [https://imdb.com/name/nm0016772/ Eric Albertson]
| released = {{Film date|1986|05|11}}
| runtime = 94 minutes
}}
Trapped in Silence {{IMDb title | tt0092108 | Trapped In Silence}} is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Marsha Mason, produced by [https://imdb.com/name/nm0040581/ Dick Atkins] and Jeff Grant for Reader's Digest Entertainment Inc. It is based on the book Murphy's Boy (Silent Boy) {{cite book
|title=Murphy's Boy (Silent Boy) at the Official Torey Hayden Website
|url=http://www.torey-hayden.com/murphys_boy.htm
}} by Torey Hayden.
Plot
The film is about a psychologist (Marsha Mason) who works with a traumatized boy (Kiefer Sutherland) with selective mutism - the patient cannot speak in specific situations or to specific people. Eventually the boy starts to open up to reveal his sordid story.
Cast
- Marsha Mason as Jennifer Hubbell
- Kiefer Sutherland as Kevin Richter
- Ron Silver as Doctor Jeff Tomlinson
- John Mahoney as Doctor Winslow
- Rebecca Schull as Marlys Mengies
References
{{reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{cite web
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/10/arts/tv-trapped-in-silence-explores-elective-mutism.html
|title=TV: 'TRAPPED IN SILENCE' EXPLORES ELECTIVE MUTISM - The New York Times
|last=Mitgang
|first=Herbert
|date=May 10, 1986
|website=The New York Times
|publisher=Arthur Gregg Sulzberger (acceded January 1, 2018)
|access-date=2019-09-09
|quote="Trapped in Silence" manages to tell its depressing story without being too maudlin. [… It] is all too believable as a horrible case history.
}}
- {{cite web
|url=http://www.tvtango.com/movie/trapped_in_silence
|title=Trapped In Silence - TV Movie - TV Tango
|date=May 11, 1986
|website=TV Tango
|publisher=Michael Allen Vicic (CEO)
|access-date=2019-09-09
|quote=A psychologist ferrets out the reason why a sixteen year old boy suffers from elective mutism (not talking because of emotional trauma).
}}
External links
{{reflist|group=IMDb}}
{{Michael Tuchner}}
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