Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Do You Know the Muffin Man? | |
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Genre | Crime Drama Mystery |
Written by | Daniel Freudenberger |
Directed by | Gilbert Cates |
Starring | Pam Dawber John Shea Stephen Dorff Brian Bonsall John Shea Matthew Laurance Dee Dee Rescher Anthony Geary Natalie West |
Music by | Lee Holdridge |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner |
Producer | Daniel Freudenberger |
Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
Editor | Peter Berger |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company | The Avnet/Kerner Company |
Distributor | CBS |
Release | |
Original network | CBS |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | October 22, 1989 |
Do You Know the Muffin Man? is a 1989 American made-for-television drama film starring Pam Dawber, John Shea, Stephen Dorff, Brian Bonsall, Anthony Geary and Dee Dee Rescher, directed by Gilbert Cates.[1]
The critically praised film, about child abuse in a community day care center,[2] was ranked as the 8th most-watched television program of the week by the Nielsen Ratings after its initial airing on CBS on October 22, 1989.[3] It was released at the height of the day-care sex-abuse hysteria in the United States.
Cast[]
- Pam Dawber - Kendra Dollison
- John Shea - Roger Dollison
- Brian Bonsall - Teddy Dollison
- Stephen Dorff - Sandy Dollison
References[]
- ^ "Do You Know the Muffin Man?".
- ^ "Details of abuse overkill in 'Muffin Man'". Boca Raton News. October 20, 1989.
- ^ "Earthquake Cuts Ratings of Networks". The New York Times. October 25, 1989.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1989 television films
- 1989 films
- 1980s drama films
- American films
- American drama films
- American docudrama films
- Films about child sexual abuse
- Drama films based on actual events
- Films directed by Gilbert Cates
- Films scored by Lee Holdridge
- CBS network films
- American drama television film stubs