"A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen."
Martin Sheen
as Frank Caldwell
Jane Alexander
as Sandy Caldwell
Emilio Estevez
as Danny Caldwell
Kenneth McMillan
as Albert C. Caruso
Ed Lauter
as Judge Halloran
Matt Clark
as Mike Raines
Virginia Kiser
as Dr. Forman
Jon Van Ness
as Corky
John Hancock
as Judge Bennett
Deborah Foreman
as Karen
Susan Peretz
as Big Faye
Peter Jurasik
as Andy Barnes
Judyann Elder
as Marni Blake, Prosecutor
Pat McNamara
as Quinn
Henry Tomaszewski
as Roach
Sonny Carl Davis
as Store Clerk
Ramon Estevez
as Pick
Art LaFleur
as Clifford
David Faustino
as David
Liz Sheridan
as Caseworker
Robert Greenwald
Director
Judith Weiner
Casting
Jennifer Miller
Writer
Robert J. Anderson
First Assistant Director
Robert Florio
Editor
Joan Phillips
Hairstylist
Frank von Zerneck
Producer
Les Berns
Makeup Artist
Matthew McCauley
Original Music Composer
Robert Checchi
Set Decoration
William Beaudine Jr.
Associate Producer
Isidore Mankofsky
Director of Photography
Norm Baron
Production Design
Steve Rosenbloom
Second Assistant Director