Breaking the Silence

Drama about an attorney who defends a teenage boy accused of murdering his abusive father and must come to grips with his shameful secrets about his own mother.

Cast

Gregory Harrison

as Paul Danner

Stephanie Zimbalist

as Janey Kirkland

Chris Young

as Kenny Becker

Maryann Plunkett

as Eliza Becker

Kelly Rutherford

as Cheryl

Fran Bennett

as Judge Virginia Richards

T.C. Warner

as Shirley Osterbach

David Ackroyd

as Dr. Irving Berringer

Nicholas Shields

as Young Paul Danner

Jill Jacobson

as Rebecca Danner

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