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An Open Secret

An Open Secret

Be courageous. Report it. Life gets better.

2014•1h 39m•6.9/10
DocumentaryCrime

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6.9/10(68)

An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.

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Production

Disarming Films, Esponda Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Evan Henzi

Evan Henzi

Self

Michael Egan III

Michael Egan III

Self

Todd Bridges

Todd Bridges

Self - Actor, Diff'rent Strokes

Joey Coleman

Self

Nicholas Stojanovich

Self

Michael Harrah

Self - Child Talent Manager

John Connolly

Self - Investigative Journalist

Anne Henry

Self - Co-Founder, BizParentz

Caroline Heldman

Self - Professor, Occidental College

Jesse Bering

Self - Author, Perv: The Sexual Deviant In All of Us

Dawn Chmielewski

Self - Former Los Angeles Times reporter

Michelle Pincus

Self - Prosecutor, Marty Weiss case

Mark Ryan

Self

Martin Jay Weiss

Self (archive footage)

Corey Feldman

Corey Feldman

Self (archive footage)

David Letterman

David Letterman

Self (archive footage)

Macaulay Culkin

Macaulay Culkin

Self (archive footage)

Mason Gamble

Mason Gamble

Self (archive footage)

Brock Pierce

Brock Pierce

Self (archive footage)

Marc Collins-Rector

Marc Collins-Rector

Self (archive footage)

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