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Sonny Boy (Italian: Il dono del silenzio) is a 1989 American black comedy-drama thriller film directed by Robert Martin Carroll.[3] The musical score was composed by Carlo Maria Cordio. It stars Paul L. Smith, David Carradine, Brad Dourif, Conrad Janis, Sydney Lassick, Alexandra Powers, and Steve Carlisle.[4][5] David Carradine wrote the film's theme song, "Paint", which he performs in the film.

Sonny Boy
Directed by	Robert Martin Carroll[1]
Written by	Graeme Whifler
Produced by	Ovidio G. Assonitis
Starring	Paul L. Smith David Carradine Brad Dourif Conrad Janis Sydney Lassick Alexandra Powers Steve Carlisle Robert Broyles Christopher Bradley[2]
Cinematography	Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli
Edited by	Claudio M. Cutry
Music by	Carlo Maria Cordio
Production company	Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
Distributed by	Triumph Releasing Corporation
Release date	22 March 1989 (1989-03-22)
Running time	96 min.
Countries	United States Italy
Language	English

Plot summary

In 1970, Harmony, a small town in New Mexico, is run by a small-time crime boss named Slue, who accepts the delivery of a Lincoln Continental car stolen by his henchmen Weasel, who brings it after killing a couple who was travelling with their child. When the crime boss finds the couple's baby in the backseat he wants to kill him, but he is stopped by his transvestite “wife”, Pearl. Slue decides to keep the baby - which Pearl names “Sonny Boy” - but he cuts out the boy’s tongue and raises him as a mute accomplice in their crimes, training and treating him like a wild dog, and sending Sonny Boy to kill anyone who wants to steal from or opposes Slue's grip over the town. When the grown Sonny Boy escapes and tries to make contact with the outside world, the attention he draws to his warped family results in darkly-humored mayhem.

Cast

• David Carradine ... Pearl[6][7]
• Paul L. Smith ... Slue
• Brad Dourif ... Weasel[8]
• Conrad Janis ... Doc Bender
• Sydney Lassick ... Charlie P.[9]
• Savina Gersak ... Sandy
• Alexandra Powers ... Rose[10]
• Michael Boston ... Sonny Boy (as Michael Griffin)
• Steve Carlisle ... Sheriff[11][12]
• Steve Ingrassia ... Deputy
• Stephen Lee Davis ... Bart
• Robert Broyles ... Mayor[13]
• Jeff Bergquist ... Father Owen
• Dalene Young ... Doc Wallace
• Christopher Bradley ... Husband[14]

Legacy

Carradine wrote and performed the theme songs for several movies that he either directed or starred in, like You and Me, Americana and Sonny Boy. The first verse from the Sonny Boy theme, "Paint" (which he wrote while filming Americana in Drury, Kansas, in 1973), is engraved on his headstone, as an epitaph.[15]

Home Media

This movie was released in Blu-ray format in January 2016, with English audio and subtitles, by Shout! Factory. Special features include audio commentaries with director Robert Martin Carroll, and with screenwriter Graeme Whifler.[16]

References

External links

• Sonny Boy at IMDb

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