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This homey moral is embedded in an anthology of Hitchcock twists: the missing finger from The 39 Steps, the midnight air flight from North by North west, the dangerous secret from The Man Who Knew Too Much. Writer Tom Holland and Director Richard Franklin (who last year collaborated on the ham-fisted sequel to Hitchcock's Psycho) work these devices neatly into the plot, though the visual style is as flat as a TV movie's.
Henry Thomas, best known as E.T.'s best friend, is strong and touching as the boy who must soon try to make his peace with the real world, and Coleman is just fine as the split-image hero who can lead him into it. — R.C.