Child in the Night

Child In The Night

Genre	Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
Written by	Michael Petryni
Directed by	Mike Robe
Starring	JoBeth Williams Tom Skerritt Elijah Wood Darren McGavin Season Hubley
Theme music composer	Mark Snow
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Christopher Stark
Cinematography	Gerald Hirschfeld
Editor(s)	Benjamin A. Weissman
Running time	98 minutes
Production company(s)	Allied Communications Jayhawk Productions Mike Robe Productions
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	May 1, 1990

Child In The Night is a television film broadcast during the 1990 May Sweeps. It aired on the CBS Network before a subsequent release to home video and syndication. The psychological thriller stars JoBeth Williams as a child psychologist, Tom Skerritt as a local police chief and introduced nine-year-old Elijah Wood as a troubled witness to a brutal slaying. Darren McGavin co-starred.