Son or Daughter Witnesses Family Murder

Lana Wood as
Younger Debbie Edwards

Natalie Wood as Debbie Edwards age 15

...Shortly after Ethan's arrival, cattle belonging to his neighbor Lars Jorgensen are stolen, and when Captain Clayton leads Ethan and a group of Rangers to recover them, they discover that the theft was a Comanche ploy to draw the men away from their families. When they return, they find the Edwards homestead in flames. Aaron, his wife Martha, and their son Ben are dead, and Debbie and her older sister Lucy have been abducted. (Wikipedia)

Oreste Baldini as
Vito Andolini as a Boy, Maria Carta as
Vito's Mother and Giuseppe Sillato as Don Francesco Ciccio

In 1901, the family of nine-year-old Vito Andolini is killed in Corleone, Sicily, after his father insults local Mafia chieftain Don Ciccio. Vito escapes to New York City and is registered as "Vito Corleone" on Ellis Island. (Wikipedia)

Oreste Baldini as
Vito Andolini as a Boy

In 1923, Vito, along with his family, visits Sicily for the first time since emigrating. He and business partner Tommasino are admitted to Don Ciccio's compound, ostensibly to ask for Ciccio's blessing on their olive oil business. Vito exacts his childhood vengeance by killing Ciccio after revealing his former identity, but as they escape, Tommasino is shot in the leg and suffers a permanent disability. (Wikipedia)

Robert De Niro as
Vito Corleone

Giuseppe Sillato as Don Francesco Ciccio

Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Jake Rainer and
Ben Faulkner as Tim Warden

Tim Warden, a boy with autism, has supposedly witnessed his parents' double murder. Jake Rainer, a former child psychiatrist turned therapist, is called on to probe the child's mind in order to solve the case. (Wikipedia)

James Robinson as Young William Wallace

Sean Lawlor as Malcolm Wallace

In 1280, King Edward "Longshanks" invades and conquers Scotland following the death of Alexander III of Scotland, who left no heir to the throne. Young William Wallace witnesses Longshanks' treachery, survives the deaths of his father and brother, and is taken abroad on a pilgrimage throughout Europe by his paternal Uncle Argyle, where he is educated. Years later, in 1297, Longshanks grants his noblemen land and privileges in Scotland, including Prima Nocte. (Wikipedia)

Stacy Linn Ramsower as young Ellen

Gary Sinise as Marshal, Ellen’s father

Gene Hackman as Herod

Sharon Stone as Ellen

...Ellen faces off against Herod, revealing her identity by throwing her father's badge at his feet. Herod wounds Ellen, but she shoots him through the chest, stunning him, and finishes him off with a bullet to the eye. Tossing the badge to Cort, she says, "The law's come back to town," then saddles up and rides away. (Wikipedia)

Bruce Willis as
Art Jeffries

Miko Hughes as Simon Lynch

Kim Dickens as
Stacey

A nine-year-old autistic savant named Simon Lynch (Miko Hughes) is given an adult puzzle book by his teacher, and deciphers a phone number in a numerical puzzle. It was published in the magazine by two National Security Agency code creators, Dean Crandell and Leo Pedranski, to see if anyone could decipher it. The code called "Mercury" is allegedly so complex that its creators believe no computer on Earth can decipher it. Simon phones the number and the NSA division chief, Lt. Colonel Nicholas Kudrow (Alec Baldwin) realises the boy's ability to decipher the code is a grave liability. He dispatches two assassins, Peter Burrell and Shayes, to murder the boy and his parents, named Martin and Jenny Lynch. (Wikipedia)

Mélanie Laurent as
Shosanna

Christoph Waltz as SS Colonel Hans Landa

In 1941, SS Colonel Hans Landa interrogates French dairy farmer Perrier La Padite about the whereabouts of the last unaccounted-for Jewish family in the area, the Dreyfus family. Landa suspects that they are hiding under the floor, and in exchange for the Germans agreeing to leave his family alone for the rest of the war, La Padite somberly confirms it. Landa orders his SS soldiers to shoot through the floorboards, killing all but one of the Dreyfus family; Shosanna, the daughter, escapes. As she runs, Col. Landa decides not to shoot her. (Wikipedia)