Tracy Thurman was married to a man who abused her. But he continues to harass her after she gets a restraining order, and the police do little to help. When he brutally beats her and ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Nancy McKeon | ... | Tracey Thurman | |
| Dale Midkiff | ... | Buck Thurman | |
| Graham Jarvis | ... | Officer Danziger | |
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Yvette Heyden | ... | Judy Bentley |
| Terri Hanauer | ... | Cheryl | |
| Philip Baker Hall | ... | Judge Blumenfeld | |
| David Wohl | ... | Nagel | |
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David Ciminello | ... | Rick |
| Priscilla Pointer | ... | Tracey's Mother | |
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Seth Isler | ... | Lewis |
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Burton Collins | ||
| Bruce Weitz | ... | Burton Weinstein | |
| Paul Comi | ... | Officer Dempsey | |
| Joe George | ... | Captain Kyker | |
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Redman Gleeson | ... | Officer Bray |
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Tracy Thurman was married to a man who abused her. But he continues to harass her after she gets a restraining order, and the police do little to help. When he brutally beats her and slashes her throat in front of police, she sues the city and the police department for failing to protect her. Written by Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
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2 October 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Tracey called the police on Buck roughly 19 times. See more »Quotes
Tracey Thurman: [On phone with Police] You know what the problem is, he's threatening to kill me! Look, I have a restraining order against him, and I want him picked up. Please hurry.See more »
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Tracy Thurman was truly a pioneer in the fight for women's rights and protection, this is a horrifying landmark case before the anti-stalking laws that we have today were put into effect. Tracy's courageous fight for help with Buck is a testament to her strength and willpower and the lack of police help that she experienced is shameful. Had I been on the jury, I would have awarded her 20 Million from the county,police,state and anywhere else I could, she would own the town if I'd been a deciding factor. The police force is a complete disgrace and those officers, especially the one who stopped to pee before going to her "aid", should be in jail along with Buck Thurman. Forever. The death penalty is entirely justified in a case like this because someone like Buck will only repeat his offenses when he's released.
I would love to know where Tracy is today, not physically located but how her life is going and how she's recovered. I've included her in my prayers many,many times.
Someone below commented that she was weak. I've never been a victim of domestic abuse but can see how easily someone could get sucked into the pattern of abuse by a manipulative spouse. Buck was evil, a stalker, an abuser and he was ALLOWED to repeatedly attack Tracy, a young mother with 2 children. Her survival and her insistance on fighting Buck,the town and the police force in a court of law shows tremendous courage, not weakness. I would think that someone seeing her abuse as weakness might be someone who doesn't have much life experience to draw on.
I pray that she gets only good things from her life in the future, she is a role model for other women in similar circumstances.