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The Accused is a 1988 American legal drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan and written by Tom Topor, loosely based on the 1983 gang rape of Cheryl Araujo in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The film stars Jodie Foster as Sarah Tobias, a young waitress who is gang raped by three men at a local bar.
The Accused: Directed by Jonathan Kaplan. With Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi. After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
- (41K)
- Crime, Drama
- Jonathan Kaplan
- 1988-10-14
Find out how and where to watch "The Accused" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.
- Jonathan Kaplan
- R
- 32
Dec 5, 2016 · ‘The Accused’ Oral History: A Brutal Rape Scene, Traumatized Actors and Producers’ Fights to Make the Movie. Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Sherry Lansing and others reveal the epic backstory of...
The Accused. Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney Kathryn Murphy takes the case...
- (27)
- Jonathan Kaplan
- R
- Kelly Mcgillis
After Kathryn makes a deal with the rapists' lawyers, the three men are sentenced to reckless endangerment (2 ½-5 years in prison). In a fit of rage, the betrayed Sarah storms in Kathryn's dinner party and confronts Kathryn over the relatively light sentences imposed on her attackers.
“The Accused” is a movie about Sarah Tobias, a young woman who is not a model citizen. One night she has a fight with her live-in boyfriend, who is a drug dealer. She goes to a sleazy bar and has too much to drink, and does a provocative dance to the jukebox, and begins to flirt with a man in the bar’s back room.
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