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Abuse

Meet Thomas Carroll. He's fourteen, gay, and in danger of becoming a child abuse statistic.

4.333 average rating
4.333
English / 94 MIN. / 1983

The Genres

The Synopsis

Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who is making a documentary about physical child abuse. The two fall in love, and the elder is faced with the decision of either running away with Thomas or focusing on his career and thereby letting the boy possibly be beaten to death.

The Cast

Richard RyderRaphael SbargeSteve JamesKathy GerberJack HaltonMickey ClarkMaurice MassaroSusan SchneiderLuba MasonKathy GiottaTracy VivatBilly LuxPaul PetersonDavid SchachterJean GarrettPamela PoitierJeffrey OlmsteadCarol SiskindRalph PennerMax SchmidKeith MichaelDennis BainesJ.J. DavisJohn KartovskyDavid WojnarowiczNovella NelsonArthur J. Bressan, Jr.

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