Bump in the Night

Christopher Reeve and Meredith Baxter star in this chilling drama. A former New York reporter must use her skills and resources when her son is kidnapped by a predatory child abuser., A former New York reporter must use her skills and resources when her son is kidnapped by a predatory child abuser., An alcoholic ex-reporter (Meredith Baxter-Birney) hunts for her son who’s been abducted by a pedophile (Christopher Reeve). Patrick: Wings Hauser. Jonathan: Corey Carrier. Sgt. Mooney: Richard Bradford. Mrs. Beauchamps: Geraldine Fitzgerald. Directed by Karen Arthur., Former Superman Christopher Reeve plays against his heroic image as a paedophile who kidnaps an eight-year-old boy, with Meredith Baxter-Birney as the alcoholic divorced mother trying desperately to find her son before he comes to any harm. Now Martha must put aside her drink problems and her bitterness towards her ex-husband as she puts her investigative skills to use to save her son from a living nightmare., Karen Arthur, the Emmy-winning director of Cagney and Lacey, was in the driver’s seat for the made-for-TV psychological terror film Bump in the Night. Meredith Baxter-Birney plays a onetime famous reporter who’s drunk herself into near-oblivion. Her turbulent life takes a desperate turn when her 8-year-old son (Corey Carrier) is kidnapped by a dangerous pedophile (Christopher Reeves). The boy has escaped from his captor, and now his mother must find him before the kidnapper does. Richard Bradford plays the cop on the case, who’d rather do without the interference of Ms. Baxter-Birney. Bump in the Night is commendably subtle and straightforward in handling the potentially lurid details of its story. Historical note: In March of 1995, Bump in the Night became the first feature film ever telecast on the E! Entertainment Cable Network.