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Writer:
Michael Landon (written by)
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Release Date:
20 December 1976 (USA) more
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Plot:
A fourteen year old bed wetter runs home from school every day to retrieve the wet sheet his mother has hung from his bedroom window to punish him... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. more
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Never humiliate your kids more (9 total)

Cast

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Lance Kerwin ... John Curtis as a Youth
Brian Keith ... Arnold Curtis
DeAnn Mears ... Alice Curtis
Melissa Sue Anderson ... Nancy Rizzi
Rafer Johnson ... Himself

Michael Landon ... John Curtis as an Adult
Walker Edmiston ... Dr. Claymor
Clifford A. Pellow ... George Sanders (as Cliff Pellow)
Bing Russell ... Fred Dawkins (as Neil Russell)
Randy Faustino ... Tony
Dermott Downs ... Donnie
Robert Hackman ... Mr. Rizzi
Barbara Collentine ... Miss King
Herb Vigran ... Guard
Hank Stohl ... Assistant Director
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USA:74 min
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13 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
Never humiliate your kids, 24 April 2001
Author: jimc1215 from Lincoln, NE

I first saw this movie as an immature college kid and was amused by the subject matter. I saw it again a few years later, this time as the father of young children. What a different perspective. Watching the manner in which the mother humiliated this poor boy, I vowed NEVER to embarrass my children, especially in front of their friends. My heart ached for the boy in this movie. A great movie for parents to watch - I wish I could run across it again sometime on the tube.

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