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Indictment: The McMartin Trial
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Title: Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Release Date: 20 May 1995

Runtime: 2h 15m

Genre: TV Movie, Drama

Director: HBO Films, Abby Mann Productions, Breakheart Films, Janet Yang Productions, Ixtlan

Production Companies: HBO Films, Abby Mann Productions, Breakheart Films, Janet Yang Productions, Ixtlan

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7 (58 votes)

Cast

  • Danny Davis: James Woods
  • Lael Rubin: Mercedes Ruehl
  • Kee McFarlane: Lolita Davidovich
  • Virginia McMartin: Sada Thompson
  • Ray Buckey: Henry Thomas
  • Peggy Buckey: Shirley Knight
  • Wayne Satz: Mark Blum
  • Peggy Ann Buckey: Alison Elliott
  • Christine Johnson: Chelsea Field
  • Glenn Stevens: Joe Urla
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