For My Daughter's Honor (1996) (TV)

Director:

Alan Metzger

Writer (WGA):

Diana Gould (written by)

Release Date:

20 November 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In Tate, Oklahoma a popular coach, Pete Nash, is accused of having a sexual relation with 14 years old Amy, one of his school's pupils. |

Plot Keywords:

Oklahoma | Coach | High School | Driving | Courtroom

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Gary Cole	...	Pete Nash
Nicholle Tom	...	Amy Dustin
Mac Davis	...	Norm Dustin
Mary Kay Place	...	Betty Ann Dustin
Alyson Hannigan	...	Kelly
Sara Rue	...	Kimberly Jones
Tom Virtue	...	Principal Arnet
Teddi Siddall	...	Ellie Mills
W.K. Stratton
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Abraham Alvarez	...	Mark Billington (as Abraham Alvaraz)
Cliff Bemis	...	Tom Fowler
Pamela Clay	...	Mother #2
Jane Leigh Connelly	...	Cassie Mills
John H. Evans	...	L.V. Gaines
Maggie Fleming	...	Mrs. Cameron
Leanne Harris	...	Bobbi
Charles Lucia	...	Stan Vogler
Kenneth Magee	...	Brad Allen
Ron Melendez	...	Cory Wilkins
Sean Murray	...	Ralph
Josh Nance	...	Player #2
Mark Nutter	...	Mike Markey
Steve Rankin	...	Attorney Trenton
Sheeri Rappaport	...	Missy Ross
Jordan Reed	...	Player #1
Damara Reilly	...	Lucy Wainswright
Danny Rimmer	...	Bobby Lee Nash
Tiffany Rudolph	...	Mother #1
Milt Tarver	...	Judge

Also Known As:

Indecent Seduction

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Taft Union High School, Taft, California, USA

Company:

Grossbart Barnett Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When Coach lets the two girls drive off in the truck he has Amy's head in his hands with his thumbs on her cheeks. Switch to a different shot and his hands on her shoulders, switch back to the original shot and they are back on her cheeks.

Quotes:

Pete Nash: I want to be with you forever and I swear it's the truth

Subject matter deserves a better representation

Any adult male who preys on minors should be - literally - whipped to within the proverbial "inch" of his life. And if this individual also is a teacher doing so with a student, salt and iodine should be added liberally to the resulting wounds.

However, I don't think we have to praise what we feel is a mediocre presentation simply because it addresses a serious problem. I couldn't disagree more with those who have proclaimed this a strong movie about this important situation.

The parents here, along with their victimized daughter, all moved more slowly than postal workers on Valium for the first 1 hour and 50 minutes -- then screamed like Banshees on "Speed" for the final 10. Gary Cole, as the villainous - and thoroughly vacuous and unctuous - teacher, is a very credible actor. But here his performance and character sounded like Jethro from "The Beverly Hillbillies" displaying a "dark side."

Even though this film was made a few years ago, and this problem is perhaps a little more evident today, the principal's speeches about teachers and school officials hugging and touching students to make them feel good, etc., was incredibly stupid and naive on the part of the writers. Anybody with even minimal intelligence knows that in the workplace, school - or anywhere else, males should avoid even the most cursory of physical contact. There are many, many scenarios where even the most innocent physical contact can be misrepresented by one of parties involved, or by someone observing. And even the most tentative addressing by one of the parties will find attorneys gathered as if there were a chemical plant explosion or a group of ambulances (to "chase") at a massive freeway pileup.

All-in-all, this is a serious subject deserving of a much better approach than this flick provided.