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'''''Adam: His Song Continues''''' is a 1986 television film. It is a sequel to the 1983 film ''Adam'', about the real life murder of Adam Walsh.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-09-28 |title="ADAM: HIS SONG CONTINUES," 9-11 p.m. Monday... |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-09-28-tv-9571-story.html |access-date=2026-01-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-09-29 |title=TV REVIEWS : THE FALL TV SEASON : 'ADAM' REDUX; 'DESIGNING WOMEN' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-09-29-ca-10644-story.html |access-date=2026-01-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> The film was directed by Robert Markowitz and written by Oliver Hailey. The original film's cast reprised their roles, including Daniel J. Travanti as Adam's father John Walsh and JoBeth Williams as Adam's mother Reve. It premiered on NBC on October 10, 1986.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1986-09-29 |title=THE STORY 'ADAM' CONTINUES (Published 1986) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/29/arts/the-story-adam-continues.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250523112731/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/29/arts/the-story-adam-continues.html |archive-date=2025-05-23 |access-date=2026-01-27 |work=The New York Times |language=en}}</ref>
== Reception == The film received mixed reviews from critics. John J. O'Conner of ''The New York Times'' criticized the film for having a weaker narrative and less accuracy than the first film.<ref name=":0" /> A review from the ''Los Angeles Times'' praised it as a "real, honest and very heroic story".<ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-10-19 |title=I watched "Adam: His Song Continues" despite... |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-19-tv-5785-story.html |access-date=2026-01-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Lenore Skenazy of ''Reason'' listed the film as one of the most influential "stranger danger" films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skenazy |first=Lenore |date=2017-01-24 |title=4 Movies That Gave America Its Stranger Danger Panic |url=https://reason.com/2017/01/24/predators-and-popcorn/ |access-date=2026-01-27 |website=Reason.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:1986 American films Category:American films based on actual events Category:1986 drama films Category:Drama films based on actual events Category:Films about child abduction in the United States Category:Films set in the 1980s Category:1986 television films
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