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Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)

Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1995, May 20
Directors: Mick Jackson
Countries: United States of America
Production: HBO Films, Abby Mann Productions, Abby Mann Productions, Breakheart Films, Breakheart Films, Janet Yang Productions, Janet Yang Productions, Ixtlan Productions, Ixtlan Productions
Cast: James Cromwell, Henry Thomas, James Woods, Avner Garbi, Valerie Wildman, Richard Bradford, Patricia Belcher, Dennis Burkley, Mercedes Ruehl, Lolita Davidovich, Joe Urla, Chelsea Field

Overview:

The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unqualified child cruelty "expert" videotapes the children describing outrageous stories of abuse. One of the most expensive and long running trials in US legal history, exposes the lack of evidence and unprofessional attitudes of the finger pointers which kept one of the accused in jail for over 5 years without bail.

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