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When teenager David Bowers renounces his home and family to run off with a quasi-religious cult, his sister, Janet, sets out to bring him back, very nearly becoming brainwashed herself.
Top billed cast
Kristy McNicholJanet Bowers
Jimmy McNicholDavid Bowers
Anne JacksonFrances Bowers
Jenny O'HaraRose
Phillip R. AllenDr. Brockton
Keith AndesFather Adam
Sandy McPeakMax
Gail EdwardsZora- Sean RocheMichael
- Ben BottomsScott
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