Winnie Cooper gets trafficked by her fake boyfriend in this '90s mom-terror special.
Kristin (Danica McKellar), daughter of upper middle class parents, can hardly stand the immense pressure to fulfill her mother's (Dee Wallace Stone) dream of success in sports and high school. In this tense situation she gets emotional support by Kenny, who secretly plans to make her pregnant and sell the baby for adoption. Based on a true story.
Acting
Dee Wallace goes FULL mom-ager unhinged.
Direction
Gabrielle Beaumont squeezes maximum dread from suburban normalcy.
Director
Gabrielle Beaumont
Dee Wallace
Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Danica McKellar
Kristin Guthrie
Kurt Deutsch
Kenny
Carmen Argenziano
Jack Guthrie
Geoffrey Thorne
Gary Pritchard
Merle Kennedy
Janine
Ellen Crawford
Lorna Gill
Shannon Fill
Pami
Jamie Luner
Donna
Burke Byrnes
Officer Otis
Christine Healy
Ellen Rydell
Matthew Faison
Mowry
Charlie Holliday
Captain
Owen Bush
Gus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Danica McKellar's 'dark period' between Wonder Years and becoming a math author—she took the role specifically to break her 'nice girl' image.
The real 1992 case involved a California teen whose boyfriend sold two babies before arrest; the 'Cradle of Conspiracy' title references the actual police operation name.
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