I Know My Son Is Alive (1994) (TV)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Bill Corcoran

Writers (WGA):

Raymond Hartung (story) and
Joseph Broido (story) ...

Release Date:

20 February 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Real-life husband and wife Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays play a couple whose life is torn apart by the disappearance of their new-born son...

Plot Keywords:

Baby Blanket | Blood

Cast

Corbin Bernsen	...	Dr. Mark Elshant
Amanda Pays	...	Katherine Elshant
Al Waxman	...	Grandpa Herb
Mimi Kuzyk	...	Laura
Neve Campbell	...	Beth
Tom McCamus	...	Salvatore Falcone
Dawn Greenhalgh	...	Grandma Elaine
Kim Coates	...	Det. Griffi
Albert Schultz	...	Bernie
Nigel Bennett	...	Atty. Derek Eisner
Carlton Watson	...	Det. Gaffey
Peter Krantz	...	Scott
Caroline Yeager	...	Bank Teller
Jeremy Harris	...	College Kid
Helen Beavis	...	Mrs. Lassell

Also Known As:

Web of Deceit

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:L

Company:

Alexander/Enright & Associates

Good mystery

Mark and Katherine are having a baby. Katherine's wealthy parents, Herb and Elaine, don't believe she can take care of a baby. They don't have faith in Mark either, even though he is a doctor, because he only takes care of poor people.

After Ben is born, Laura helps out with taking care of him. Laura has had several miscarriages, and she and Scott are frustrated with attempts to have another baby.

Bernie, a psychiatrist who introduced Mark and Katherine and could have been Katherine's husband had things turned out differently, also helps out. But Katherine is feeling overwhelmed, and weird things are happening. Katherine did not leave Ben in the car. Katherine did not leave food burning on the stove. Katherine did not put Ben in the closet. Or did she do all these things? Mark says she must be suffering from post-partum depression. The one obvious clue that she was not imagining things--on WCWG, this film was called "Web of Deceit", and that title was shown during each commercial break.

Mark and Katherine try hiring a nanny, but the people they interview just won't do. This is one of the few funny moments in the film. However, Beth, one of Mark's patients, is pregnant and has no job. Katherine thinks she would be good at the job (although why would a responsible mother pay someone with no experience--someone who got pregnant when she was young and single--to practice on her child?).

This is a good mystery because there are quite a few possibilities, and we are not told a lot until the movie is about halfway through. Even then, the truth is revealed only very gradually. The plot turns out to be quite interesting and complicated.

Most of the actors do a good job, at least for a TV-movie.

I enjoyed this a lot.