Reckless Abandon

Reckless Abandon is a 1989 Academy Award Winning American Drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson starring Kevin Costner, Debra Winger, François Cluzet, Jeff Daniels, Gary Sinise, Minnie Driver, Corey Haim & Chad Michael Murray (Murray appearing in his first feature film appearence at exactly age eight.)

Plot
A Single mother of three takes up with what appears to be the perfect family man businessman named Harvelle B. Clarke.

A wedding follows and the settling into his nice large lighthouse home in beautiful Beaufort, South Carolina.

What appears to be the perfect American family life changes within an instant as the seemingly perfect Harvelle B. Clarke unleashes his true side.

All kinds of abuse falls upon the wife and her children and things escalate beyond control.

A P.I comes into the picture and so does the kids' actual biological father as well as the ex husband to the mother.

Cast

 * Kevin Costner as Harvelle B. Clarke
 * Debra Winger as Vermona Clarke (nee' Richardson)
 * Jeff Daniels as Jonathen Richardson
 * Minnie Driver as Harleen Clarke (nee' Richardson)
 * Corey Haim as Thomas Clarke (nee' Richardson)
 * Chad Michael Murray as Billy Clarke (nee' Richardson)
 * François Cluzet as Harvelle's Bad Alcholic friend Peter Breutmire
 * Wayne Knight as Harvelle's bad Billy molester friend Tolcan Sadine
 * Peter Gallagher as Harvelle's Businessman Bestfriend and Harleen Abuser Charlie Camlock
 * Griffin Dunne as Harvelle's Gas Station Attendant friend Nox Dentley whom harbours the obsession with mother Vermona Clarke
 * Glenne Headly as Mrs. Baltimore/ Thomas' english teacher
 * Judy Davis as Down the road Neighbour Florist Fertina Mellancott
 * Jimmy Smits as Taxi Driver Carlitto
 * Jane Kaczmarek as Harvelle's Ex-Wife and intervening rescuer of later Meraldine Burton
 * Mark Boone Junior as Harvelle's Bad Thomas Molester friend Tomdino Salacatta
 * Lena Olin as The Killed Beaufort Prostitute Candice Tilcon
 * Gary Sinise as Sheriff Martin Tempreman Harvelle's friend and molester of Thomas and Billy