
Cracks(2009)
Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.


“Ask her no questions, she'll tell you no lies. Ask her too many and somebody dies.”
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with a neighbor Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.

Jodie Foster
Rynn Jacobs

Martin Sheen
Frank Hallet

Alexis Smith
Mrs. Cora Hallet

Mort Shuman
Officer Ron Miglioriti

Scott Jacoby
Mario Podesta

Dorothy Davis
Town Hall Clerk
Clesson Goodhue
Bank Manager

Hubert Noël
Bank Clerk

Jacques Famery
Bank Clerk
Mary Morter
Teller
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a drama, mystery, thriller film released in 1976 exploring themes of pedophilia, based on novel or book, hamster, halloween, father, murder. Directed by Nicolas Gessner, it stars Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith. 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with a neighbor Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.
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