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Oct 2, 1989 · A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story: Directed by Robert Markowitz. With Nancy McKeon, Dale Midkiff, Graham Jarvis, Yvette Heyden. A victim of domestic violence winds up in an ongoing struggle to get the police to take her seriously, until the abuse escalates to the worst extreme.
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story is a 1989 American made-for-television drama film based on the 1985 ruling Thurman v. City of Torrington. The film stars Nancy McKeon as Tracey; Dale Midkiff as Buck; and Bruce Weitz as Tracey's lawyer, Burton Weinstein.
The pleas of a Torrington, Connecticut, woman for police protection against her physically abusive, estranged husband are ignored. Permanently disfigured, she finally fights back with a lawsuit that results in reforms in police training and responsiveness to domestic violence. Based on a true story.
Oct 10, 2011 · 'A Cry for Help': The Making of the Tracey Thurman Story - TheWrap. ‘A Cry for Help’: The Making of the Tracey Thurman Story. Thurman, who remains scarred and...
Oct 2, 1989 · Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Tracey Thurman was a real-life Connecticut housewife who, throughout her marriage, suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of her husband. The beatings culminate in a single bloody night when Buck Thurman stabs his estranged wife 13 times. She survives--barely--and Buck is arrested.
