Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980)

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980)

Release Date: 1980, October 30
Directors: Peter Levin
Countries: United States of America
Production: Stonehenge Productions, Blue Greene Productions, Lorimar Productions
Cast: Linda Hamilton, Mickey Rourke, Stanley DeSantis, Paddi Edwards, Rip Torn, Conchata Ferrell, Rita Taggart, Richard Venture, Gerald McRaney, Brad Blaisdell, Matthew Faison, Bonnie Bartlett

Overview:

Based on the well-publicized Oregon criminal case of the late 1970s, this film dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the prosecution of her husband, John, charging him with raping her.