A Cry in the Dark

A Cry in the Dark

Drama 1988 2 hr 1 min

Meryl Streep won the New York Film Critics and Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards as Australia's Lindy Chamberlain, accused of killing her infant daughter. "Hair-raising." (Newsweek)

Drama 1988 2 hr 1 min

PG-13

Starring Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bruce Myles

Director Fred Schepisi

A Cry In the Dark

Meryl Streep

Lindy Chamberlain
Sam Neill

Michael Chamberlain
Bruce Myles

Barker
Dale Reeves

Aidan, 6 years
David Hoflin

Aidan, 8 years

About

A Cry in the Dark

DRAMA

Meryl Streep won the New York Film Critics and Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards as Australia's Lindy Chamberlain, accused of killing her infant daughter. "Hair-raising." (Newsweek)

Mom is wrongly accused of murder; language, violence.

Average 6.8
Reviews 33
Fresh 31
Rotten 2

Information

Studio: Warner Bros.
Released: 1988
Run Time: 2 hr 1 min
Rated: PG-13
Regions of Origin: United States, Australia

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), French (Canada) (AAC)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.