Two men and a woman in the deep south of the 1950s plot to kidnap a child from a wealthy black family, mistakenly believing that no one will try to stop them.
Acting
Cybill Shepherd's unraveling housewife is criminally underrated.
Direction
Simoneau captures humid 1950s oppression without nostalgia.
Director
Yves Simoneau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This TV movie vanished so completely it has zero TMDB ratings. Rediscovered via obscure VHS rips.
Made during the early 90s indie boom when TV movies could tackle raw racial material major studios avoided. Shepherd took the role specifically to escape her Moonlighting image.
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