Betrayed by Innocence (1986) (TV)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Elliot Silverstein

Writers:

Kenneth August (writer)
Stanford Whitmore (writer)

Release Date:

1 March 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A married commercial filmmaker (Barry Bostwick) is charged with statutory rape when it is revealed that his lover (Cristen Kaufman) is only 16. |

Plot Keywords:

Statutory Rape | Rape

Cast

Barry Bostwick	...	Nick DeLeon
Lee Purcell	...	Sharon DeLeon
Cristen Kauffman	...	Marisa Vogel
Isaac Hayes	...	Frank Moreno
Craig Richard Nelson	...	Warren Berman
Joel Colodner	...	Arthur Bauer
Thom Christopher	...	Evan Brill
Paul Sorvino	...	Mike Vogel
Susan Marie Snyder	...	Andrea DeLeon
Philip Bruns	...	Judge Mendola
Dendrie Taylor	...	Sandi (as Dendrie Allyn Taylor)
Jim Townsend	...	Keith
Vincent Pandoliano	...	Waiter
Joe D'Angerio	...	Vice Detective
Ariel Reiss	...	Queen Hooker

Also Known As:

Jailbait: Betrayed by Innocence (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

94 min | USA:95 min (video version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R (home video version)

Company:

Interplanetary Pictures Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When Marisa goes to the door and sees her father, in the TV version she's wearing a shirt with a collar around her neck. In the close-up reverse angle she's not wearing the shirt, because the same shot was used for the home video version, in which she's topless going to the door.

Quotes:

Nick DeLeon: I'll take the couch.

Any man'll be nervous if they see this...

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Like Fatal attraction, this movie deals with a subject most men would(probably) not wanna think about and that is being caught having sex with a miner(who looks 10 years older and SAYS she's 10 years older but who's dad is a cop and finds out she did what she did and then before you can say: (you have the right to remain silent), your being arrested and it's all over the place and your marriage is destroyed(oh yes-side note:your married too) and on top of it all, said girl has decided she's in love with you and keeps coming around and you have to deal with that to.....)

Such is the plot of "Betrayed by Innocence"-or at least I hope it is-it's been awhile since I saw this-in a way, this movie should scare men a lot more-it's a weird subject matter to make a movie about and raises a lot of questions about culpability-It was a TV movie and UNLIKE Fatel Attraction, clearly not a major motion picture like movie-in fact, its one of those movies, I'm almost embarrassed to admit I liked so much-but I did(and there was no r version" when I saw it), it was on a major network and pretty tame. The focus of the movie was the love affair and the trial.

I like movies that are controversial and raise questions so I liked Betrayed by Innocence. I'd give it a 7 of 10 even though it's clearly not a very well-made movie.