Indictment: The McMartin Trial
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Indictment: The McMartin Trial is a 1995 American film made for television that originally aired on HBO on May 20, 1995. Indictment is based on the true story of the McMartin preschool trial.
Indictment: The McMartin Trial | |
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Genre | Drama Thriller |
Written by | Abby Mann Myra Mann |
Directed by | Mick Jackson |
Starring | Lolita Davidovich Shirley Knight Mercedes Ruehl Henry Thomas Sada Thompson James Woods Nicollette Sheridan Roberta Bassin |
Theme music composer | Peter Rodgers Melnick |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Abby Mann Oliver Stone Janet Yang |
Producer | Diana Pokorny |
Production location | Los Angeles |
Cinematography | Rodrigo García |
Editor | Richard A. Harris |
Running time | 131 minutes |
Production companies | HBO Pictures Ixtlan Abby Mann Productions Breakheart Films |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | May 20, 1995 (1995-05-20) |
Oliver Stone and Abby Mann were executive producers of the film, which was directed by Mick Jackson.
The cast includes James Woods and Mercedes Ruehl, as opposing defense and prosecuting attorneys in the McMartin trial. Henry Thomas, Sada Thompson and Shirley Knight co-star as the defendants in the case, with Lolita Davidovitch as a child-abuse therapist whose findings were crucial to the prosecution's case and Roberta Bassin as the mother who initiated the case.