Cry Rape!

• Director: Corey Allen
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Psychological Drama, Crime Drama
• Release Year: 1973
• Country: US
• Run Time: 75 minutes

Plot

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

Cast

Anne Anderson - Hilda Brownlee; Joby Baker - Jerry Cohen; Sandy Balson - Mrs. Lewis; Whit Bissell - Judge Newcomb; Peter Coffield; Paul Comi - DA Frank Ritchie; Anthony Costello - Officer Riley; Richard Evans - Dr. Lang; Robert Hogan - Jim Bryan; Lew Horn - Sam Lesinki; James Luisi; Paul Mantee - Jim Hadley; Andrea Marcovicci; Frank Maxwell - Thomas Kirby; Hazel Medina - Louise Jennings; Greg Mullavey - Liam Price; George Murdock - John Curzon; Howard Platt - Ben Warren; Willard Sage - Judge Howell; Joseph Sirola - Detective Sloane; Lesley Woods - Mrs. Coleman; Barbara George - Mrs. Keeler; Paul Lichtman - Newsman; Phillip Pine - Bail Bondsman; Jana Bellan - Janie Warren; Patricia Mattick - Jenny Coleman; Don Eitner - Officer Malko; Carol Lawson - Susan Hadley; Lawrence Bame - Officer Hill; Tony DiMilo - Officer Durham; Richard Gittings - Solitary Man; Caryl Jonathan - Charge Nurse; Kenneth Washington - Marshall

Credit

Albert Heschong - Art Director, Al Adamson - Associate Producer, Corey Allen - Director, Jack Gleason - Editor, Leonard Freeman - Executive Producer, Jack Woolf - Cinematographer, Will Lorin - Producer, Leonard Freeman - Screen Story, Will Lorin - Screenwriter

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The Accused; A Case of Rape; She Said No; Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story; Without Her Consent