Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unqualified child cruelty "expert" videotapes the children describing outrageous stories of abuse. One of the most expensive and long running trials in US legal history, exposes the lack of evidence and unprofessional attitudes of the finger pointers which kept one of the accused in jail for over 5 years without bail.
- court
- trial
- courtroom
The bill
James Woods
Danny Davis
Mercedes Ruehl
Lael Rubin
Lolita Davidovich
Kee McFarlane
Sada Thompson
Virginia McMartin
- Henry Thomas — Ray Buckey
- Shirley Knight — Peggy Buckey
- Mark Blum — Wayne Satz
- Alison Elliott — Peggy Ann Buckey
- Chelsea Field — Christine Johnson
- Joe Urla — Glenn Stevens
- Scott Waara — Dean Gits
- Valerie Wildman — Diana Sullivan
- Richard Bradford — Ira Reiner
- Roberta Bassin — Judy Johnson
- Dennis Burkley — George Freeman
- Directed
- Mick Jackson
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 72 ratings
- Studio
- HBO Films, Abby Mann Productions, Breakheart Films, Janet Yang Productions, Ixtlan Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
