Today’s movie is a crime drama
with a scene that happened on July 27. Watch this film tonight and enjoy.
ADAM
On July 27, 1981, young Adam
Walsh and his mom go to the Sears store in Hollywood, Florida to buy a lamp.
She leaves him playing video games for a few minutes, but when she returns Adam
is nowhere to be found. [00:19 to 23:28] Many people search for Adam everywhere,
but he isn’t found. His father eventually realizes that the police have no
system for searching for missing children. Adam’s body is found and his parents
are devastated. Adam’s disappearance causes problems between the Walshes. They
start what eventually became the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children. They work to get the federal Missing Children’s Act of 1982 passed
and later have a little girl.
A very sad and moving story. As
tragic as Adam Walsh’s death was, it woke the country up to the fact that there
was a problem. The changes that have been made to the system since then mean
that, hopefully, his death wasn’t entirely in vain.
Tears of Rage by John Walsh (Pocket Books, New York,
1997) at pages 42-54 and the film at 00:17 give the date of his disappearance
Producer - Linda Otto
Director - Michael Tuchner
Screenplay - Allan Leicht
Awards - It was nominated for the
Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or
a Special (Travanti); Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
(Williams) and Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special Emmys at
the 36th Primetime Emmys.
Runtime - 1 hour 40 minutes
Released - October 10, 1983
Starring -
Daniel J. Travanti as John Walsh
JoBeth Williams as Revé Walsh
Martha Scott as Gram Walsh
Richard Masur as Jay Howell
Paul Regina as Joe Walsh
Mason Adams as Ray Mellette
Tony Frank as Lt. Richard Hynds
John M. Jackson as Det. Jim Gibbons
Alex Harvey as Det. Jack Hoffman
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014.
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