Cry Rape! (1973)
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Two TV films were shown during the 1973-1974 season dealing with the emotional and legal ramifications of rape. While the Elizabeth Montgomery vehicle A Case of Rape was closer to Real Life, Cry Rape! also had a lot going for it. Andrea Marcovicci stars as Betty Jenner, whose world is rent asunder when she falls victim to a rapist. Equally as humiliating as the violation itself is the aftermath; Betty must withstand the adversarial questions of the police on the case, and then must relive her nightmare in court. Filmed in a semidocumentary fashion, Cry Rape! veers dangerously close to discouraging any woman from reporting sexual assault, inasmuch as it demonstrates the step-by-step process by which the accuser often ends up the accused. Only its contrived melodramatic conclusion robs the film of its verisimilitude. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Kenneth Washington - Marshall
- Joby Baker - Jerry Cohen
- Whit Bissell - Judge Newcomb
- Paul Comi - DA Frank Ritchie
- Richard Evans - Dr. Lang
- Lew Horn - Sam Lesinki
- Paul Mantee - Jim Hadley
- Frank Maxwell - Thomas Kirby
- Greg Mullavey - Liam Price
- Howard Platt - Ben Warren
- Joseph Sirola - Detective Sloane
- Barbara George - Mrs. Keeler
- Phillip Pine - Bail Bondsman
- Patricia Mattick - Jenny Coleman
- Carol Lawson - Susan Hadley
- Tony DiMilo - Officer Durham
- Caryl Jonathan - Charge Nurse
- Anne Anderson - Hilda Brownlee
- Sandy Balson - Mrs. Lewis
- Peter Coffield
- Anthony Costello - Officer Riley
- Robert Hogan - Jim Bryan
- James Luisi
- Andrea Marcovicci
- Hazel Medina - Louise Jennings
- George Murdock - John Curzon
- Willard Sage - Judge Howell
- Lesley Woods - Mrs. Coleman
- Paul Lichtman - Newsman
- Jana Bellan - Janie Warren
- Don Eitner - Officer Malko
- Lawrence Bame - Officer Hill
- Richard Gittings - Solitary Man
- Director(s):
- Corey Allen
- Writer(s):
- Will Lorin
- Producer(s):
- Will Lorin
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