Movie·1982·91 min

In the Custody of Strangers

Name: In the Custody of Strangers
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1982-05-26
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Martin Sheen, Jane Alexander, Emilio Estevez, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Lauter

In the Custody of Strangers streams in the US on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo and 3 more apps, as of October 5, 2026.

His crime was a minor one. His sentence was a nightmare.

6.4 / 10 · TMDB

Drama TV Movie

A teenage delinquent who goes on a drunken joyride is left in jail overnight by his parents in the hope that he might learn a lesson from it. But events follow which result in the boy spending far longer behind bars than anyone had foreseen.

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