Just Ask My Children (2001)

A pedophilia witch-hunt is started in Bakersfield by two teenage girls' foppish child abuse claims. Blindly ambitious justice officials, especially in the prosecutor's office, conspire to ... See full summary »

Director:

Arvin Brown

Writer:

Deborah Serra

Stars:

Virginia Madsen, Jeffrey Nordling, Graham Beckel

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Virginia Madsen	...	Brenda Kniffen
Jeffrey Nordling	...	Scott Kniffen
Graham Beckel	...	Denver Dunn
Robert Joy	...	Sam Bennis
Barbara Tarbuck	...	Marilyn Kniffen
Casey Biggs	...	Michael Snedeker
John Billingsley	...	Andrew Gindes
Adrian Sparks	...	Dick Kniffen
Scott Paulin	...	Kevin Conway
Maree Cheatham	...	Corene Oliver
Ryan Wilson	...	Brian Kniffen (Age 6)
Cody Dorkin	...	Brandon Kniffen (Age 9)
Dan Byrd	...	Brian Kniffen (Age 9-12)
Scott Bailey	...	Brandon Kniffen (Age 15-21)
Gregory Smith	...	Brian Kniffen (Age 16-18)

Storyline

A pedophilia witch-hunt is started in Bakersfield by two teenage girls' foppish child abuse claims. Blindly ambitious justice officials, especially in the prosecutor's office, conspire to arrest loving parents Scott and Brenda Kniffen, whose doted pre-teen sons Brian and Brandon are grilled endlessly until they repeat the vicious lies, the elder even ends up believing them while they pass from one foster home to the next, as even the grandparents are denied custody for not turning on their children. The defense's rights are systematically denied, so the parents go to jail for 240 years. The boys are near adulthood when the political tide finally turns.

---

Plot Keywords:

child abuse | custody | abuse | jail | boy | 

---

Genres:

Drama

---

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Best Intentions

Company Credits

Production Co:

Firebrand Productions, Hearst Entertainment Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Brenda Kniffen: There is no force or pressure or bribe or price that would ever make me say I did that to my children. I would rather die here alone than ever have them think I did such a thing.

User Reviews

Good Story but tragic

I can not believe that this could happen to anyone. I feel very sorry for the family's that had to endure this. To spend 14 years in jail because some whino woman wanted custody of SOMEONE elses kids is not right.

Whatever happened to this Mary person that did this to these poor people.

She ruined a family life , took good parents away from their children and ruined these kids lives. Made these poor kids die inside and not feel any remorse.

I wish there was something I could do for this family that had to go through all of this and I hope that the people who decided to ignore the facts and prosecute because of allegations was purely wrong and i hope they rot for what they did.