Do You Know the Muffin Man?

For the nursery rhyme, see The Muffin Man.

Do You Know the Muffin Man?
DVD cover
Genre	Crime Drama Mystery
Written by	Daniel Freudenberger
Directed by	Gilbert Cates
Starring	Pam Dawber John Shea Stephen Dorff Brian Bonsall John Shea Matthew Laurance Dee Dee Rescher Anthony Geary Natalie West
Music by	Lee Holdridge
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner
Producer	Daniel Freudenberger
Cinematography	Mark Irwin
Editor	Peter Berger
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	The Avnet/Kerner Company
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 22, 1989 (1989-10-22)

Do You Know the Muffin Man? is a 1989 American made-for-television drama film starring Pam Dawber, John Shea, Stephen Dorff, Brian Bonsall, Anthony Geary and Dee Dee Rescher, directed by Gilbert Cates.[1]

The film, about child abuse in a community day care center,[2] was ranked as the 8th most-watched television program of the week by the Nielsen Ratings after its initial airing on CBS on October 22, 1989.[3] It was released at the height of the day-care sex-abuse hysteria in the United States.

Cast

• Pam Dawber - Kendra Dollison
• John Shea - Roger Dollison
• Brian Bonsall - Teddy Dollison
• Stephen Dorff - Sandy Dollison

References

1. "Do You Know the Muffin Man?". Amazon. 27 February 2007.
2. "Details of abuse overkill in 'Muffin Man'". Boca Raton News. October 20, 1989.
3. "Earthquake Cuts Ratings of Networks". The New York Times. October 25, 1989.

External links

• Do You Know the Muffin Man? at IMDb