I Know My First Name Is Steven is a 1989 American television miniseries about kidnapping victim Steven Stayner. The two-part miniseries was first broadcast by NBC on May 22 and 23, 1989. Screening rights were sold to a number of international television companies including the BBC, which screened the miniseries in mid-July of the following year; later still, it was released as a feature-length movie.
It was nominated as Best Miniseries or Television Film at the 47th Golden Globe Awards and received four Emmy Award nominations.
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Plot
Steven Stayner, a seven-year-old boy, is kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell, with the help of his partner in crime, Irving Murphy. Parnell continues to molest and produce pornographic images of Steven for seven years.
When Steven is 14, Parnell kidnaps a boy named Timmy. As a result, Steven builds up the courage to prevent Timmy from going through the same thing that he went through when he was Timmy's age. He brings Timmy to the police and confesses that he was the victim of a kidnapping by his "dad", Parnell.
Steven later testifies in court on Timmy's behalf, and then later, in a hearing for the crimes Parnell committed against Steven. Parnell spends five years of a seven-year sentence in prison for the kidnapping and sexual abuse against Steven, while his accomplice Murphy spends less than two years in prison.
Cast
Main
Cindy Pickett as Kay Stayner
John Ashton as Del Stayner
Cory "Corky" Nemec as Steven Stayner / Dennis Parnell
Supporting
Luke Edwards as Steven Stayner (age 7)
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Irving Murphy
Ray Walston as Bob Augustine
Gregg Henry as Officer Kean
Jim Haynie as Officer Scott
Amy O'Neill as Jodie
Barry Corbin as Officer Warner
Guest
Peter Michael Goetz as Pat Halford
Alan Fudge as Chief Johnson
Todd Eric Andrews as Cary Stayner (age 18)
Hilary Morse as Cindy Stayner (age 16)
Shantee Stebins as Jody Stayner (age 12)
Marice Leeds as Cory Stayner (age 11)
Harold P. Pruitt as Birch
Jonathan Perpich as Officer Severeid
William Frankfather as Judge Sabraw
John Vickery as George McLure
James Ingersoll as Joe Allen
John DeMita as Dan Smith
Billy Ray Sharkey as Sheriff Suggs
Shannon Holt as Angela White
Mark Tymchyshyn as Jim White
Jason Presson as Deke
Michael Chieffo as Don
Whitney Rydbeck as Mr. Craft
Jacob Gelman as Timmy White
Natvido Vacio as Vicente
Scott Reeves as Bruce
Pamela McMyler as Rosanna
Ron Tank as TV Journalist