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Abuse
- Director: Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
- Writer: Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
- Producer: Steven McMillin
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There are some that will say that this film was brave for the time it was made...and, it probably was.
Some even say that it was groundbreaking...it was.
However you look at it...there's no getting away from the fact that...the acting, the writing, the direction are all distinctly amateur...
Too many false compliments have revolved around this film...the mists of time has softened the critical edge!
No trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Meet Thomas Carroll. He's fourteen years old and in danger of becoming a child abuse statistic.
A gay graduate student (Richard Ryder) making a documentary film about child abuse befriends an abused teenager (Raphael Sbarge), and the two become lovers.
Cast & Characters
Dennis Baines as Waiter;
Mickey Clark as Laura;
J.J. Davis as Woman In Restaurant;
Jean Garrett as Dean Kinkaid;
Kathy Gerber as Kathy Logan;
Kathy Giotta as Elaine;
Jack Halton as Professor Rappaport;
Steven James as Dr. Bennett;
John Kartovsky as Man In Restaurant;
Billy Lux as Aaron;
Luba Mason as Sara;
Maurice Massaro as Mr. Carroll;
Keith Michael as Detective;
Jim O'Connor as Frankie Timmons;
Jeffrey Olmstead as Richard Blake