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Overview

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6.7/10   103 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Jennifer Miller (written by)
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Release Date:
26 May 1982 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
His crime was a minor one. His sentence was a nightmare. [Video]
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
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Call for change in Juvenile Justice more (6 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Martin Sheen ... Frank Caldwell

Jane Alexander ... Sandy Caldwell

Emilio Estevez ... Danny Caldwell
Kenneth McMillan ... Albert C. Caruso
Ed Lauter ... Judge Halloran
Matt Clark ... Mike Raines
Virginia Kiser ... Dr. Forman

Jon Van Ness ... Corky
John Hancock ... Judge Bennett

Deborah Foreman ... Karen
Susan Peretz ... Big Faye

Peter Jurasik ... Andy Barnes

Judyann Elder ... Marni Blake, Prosecutor
Pat McNamara ... Quinn
Henry Tomaszewski ... Roach
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Forty Days for Danny (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
120 min (including commercials) | Norway:91 min (without commercials)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Norway:15 (video premiere)

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Call for change in Juvenile Justice, 9 September 2001
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Author: Havan_IronOak from NYC

In this film Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez play father and son with bad tempers and a lot of pent-up anger. When the son Danny gets arrested one night for driving drunk and rear-ending a police car, his out-of-work father decides to `teach him a lesson' and decides to let him spend the night in jail. One thing leads to another and soon Danny is spending day after day behind bars having become enmeshed in the system.

Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez are both very good in their respective roles and the other characters are well done as well. While the script has a bit of an `after-school-special' feel about it, it is consistently interesting and it does serve to tell a story that needs telling.

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