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Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) (TV)
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20 May 1995 (USA) morePlot:
The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation... more | add synopsisAwards:
Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations moreNewsDesk:
Oscar Winning Screenwriter Abby Mann Dead At 84(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 27 March 2008, 10:34 AM, PDT)
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Really good moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | |
| Patricia Belcher | ... | Juror #1 |
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Rated R for graphic language and disturbing visuals related to a trial.Parents Guide:
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The real-life Peggy McMartin Buckey, imprisoned for two years while awaiting the outcome of the most protracted U.S. criminal molestation case targeting her family's preschool, died December 15, 2000. She, her mother Virginia McMartin and her son Ray Buckey were charged, with four others, with 100 counts of child molestation in 1983. The case lasted seven years and cost Los Angeles County $13 million. Peggy was acquitted in 1990 after a three-year trial; Ray, incarcerated for five years, was acquitted of 40 counts. Critics said the case pinpointed the danger of basing criminal charges solely on the testimony of young children. moreFAQ
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Indictment really catches the mind and makes you think. How one day, everything is normal and fine, but then it is instantly turned upside down. Of course for the McMartin family, there world is turned upside down in the most horrifying way: they, who ran a child-care facility, are accused of child molestation. With exception of Danny Davis (brilliantly played by James Woods) and the defense, the McMartin family is friendless and the issue of wheter they did it or not is lost on the public. They make the assumption they did it and treat them like dirt. It's like a modern Salem witch hunt. People like to be optimistic and think something like this will never happen in the US and people accused of a crime will never be treated this way, but this movie really proves the notion of 'Innocent until proven guilty' can be lost on people when the crime is big enough. See this movie.