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When The Cradle Falls
70%
Movie
1h 30m
AI Analysis
When The Cradle Falls (1997) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of When The Cradle Falls (1997) — a movie tagged as cinema with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: An adoption service is kidnapping healthy white babies an adopting them to infertile couples for a price. Meanwhile Brian and Donna have a bouncing baby boy. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~90 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate When The Cradle Falls 70% (2 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 2 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
An adoption service is kidnapping healthy white babies an adopting them to infertile couples for a price. Meanwhile Brian and Donna have a bouncing baby boy.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1997-03-04
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- TMDB rating
- 7.0
- TMDB ID
- 205963
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What is When The Cradle Falls about?
An adoption service is kidnapping healthy white babies an adopting them to infertile couples for a price. Meanwhile Brian and Donna have a bouncing baby boy.
Is there an AI analysis for When The Cradle Falls?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie When The Cradle Falls?
The official runtime for When The Cradle Falls is approximately 90 minutes.
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Directors & writers
Cast

Scott Reeves
Brian McDermott
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Martha Byrne
Donna McDermott

Cathy Lee Crosby
Joan Hollins

Karl Makinen
Robert Hammack

Brigitta Dau
Rachel

Joel de la Fuente
Bill Avila

Dorian Harewood
Lt. Harlan Dugger

Linda Gray
Helen Sawyer
- J
Joe Ivy
Dr. Ashling

Henry Woronicz
Detective Tauber

Kellie Waymire
Lucy Becknell

Annie Hinton
Manager
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