Synopsis
Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's real-life son) gets spaced out on a marijuana joint laced with PCP, or "angel dust," and the family is forced to wrestle with the crisis.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Dick LowryDirector
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jean StapletonBetty Eaton
- Arthur HillMichael Eaton
- John PutchOwen Eaton
- Helen HuntLizzie Eaton
- Darlene CraviottoDr. Joan Gideon
- Percy RodriguezDr. Kevin Hastings
- Patrick CassidyBob Shecky
- Ken MichelmanMark Eaton
- Brian AndrewsAndrew Eaton
- Carole AndroskyGretchen
- Charles LuciaJimmy
- Dorothy NeumannMrs. Oblanski
Stills
Themes
high schooldrug abusehallucinationbased on true storydrug usemental institutiondrug rehabilitationdenialpcpanti drugs