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When He's Not a Stranger (1989) (TV)
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6 November 1989 (USA)
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When He's Not A Stranger.... not every rapist is.... more
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At a California university, Lyn goes to meet her best friend Melanie in the dorm room of Melanie's boyfriend Ron...
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Annabeth Gish | ... | Lyn McKenna | |
| John Terlesky | ... | Ron Cooper | |
| Kevin Dillon | ... | Rick | |
| Kim Myers | ... | Melaine Fairchild | |
| Stephen Elliott | ... | Attorney Foster | |
| Paul Dooley | ... | Ben McKenna | |
| Micole Mercurio | ... | Emily McKenna | |
| Allan Arbus | ... | Judge Thomas J. Gray | |
| Janet Carroll | ... | Counselor | |
| John M. Jackson | ... | Woodward University Coach | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Hue Anthony | ... | Student Representative | |
| Jordan Charney | ... | Chancellor Hammond | |
| Phil Culotta | ... | Student | |
| Rebecca Donner | ... | Nancy | |
| Scot Goetz | ... | Pledge | |
| Johnny Judkins | ... | Football Player #2 | |
| John Lacy | ... | Football Player #1 | |
| Eugene Lee | ... | Biology Professor | |
| Anthony Lucero | ... | Student at Elevator | |
| Michael Oscar | ... | Doug | |
| Courtney Pakiz | ... | Student | |
| Annabella Price | ... | D.A. Barbara Rumson | |
| Alan Woolf | ... | Dean | |
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Melaine Fairchild:
Ron Cooper forced you to have sex with him?
Lyn McKenna: You don't believe me?
Melaine Fairchild: *No*! Of course I don't believe you! Why would Ron Cooper have to rape anybody? He could have any girl in this campus with a flick of his eyebrow!
Lyn McKenna: Except me - he had to force me.
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Lyn McKenna: You don't believe me?
Melaine Fairchild: *No*! Of course I don't believe you! Why would Ron Cooper have to rape anybody? He could have any girl in this campus with a flick of his eyebrow!
Lyn McKenna: Except me - he had to force me.
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Annabeth Gish is one of the truly gifted young actors around and it is a pity she's not that well known. She has a vulnerability to her that is quite captivating and this film is a prime testament to that. I have seen this movie about ten years ago for the first time and it struck a chord with me. It is sensitive,intelligent and very mature in its handling of a difficult subject. It's not one dimensional and it doesn't choose the obvious solutions. It's powerful in a quiet sort of way, and features a strong performance by Paul Dooley as Gish's compassionate father. Gish who came to prominence after Desert Bloom and Mystic Pizza has rarely been given such a good part in the years ahead,which is a great shame. She deserves as much recognition as her Mystic Pizza co star Julia Roberts. Watch this film and I'm sure you'll agree.