Adapted from the Robert Cormier novel. This film follows the life of a young boy whose happy, if somewhat unusual life with his friends and family gradually starts to unravel, until the truth of the boy's situation is finally revealed.
Hope Lange
as Betty Farmer
Don Murray
as David Farmer
Robert Wagner
as Dr. Brint
Robert MacNaughton
as Adam Farmer
Christopher Murray
as Eric Peterson
Paul Romero
as Coke
Cynthia Nixon
as Amy Hertz
Russell P. Goslant
as Gardener
Frank McGurran
as Young Adam
Robert Cormier
as Mr. Hertz
Dorothea MacNaughton
as Produce Lady
Milford Keene
as Harvester