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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. Starring Jodie Foster , Kelly McGillis , Bernie Coulson , Leo Rossi , Ann Hearn , Carmen Argenziano , Steve Antin , and Tom O'Brien , the film follows Sarah ...
- $13 million
- Brad Fiedel
- October 14, 1988 (United States)
Oct 14, 1988 · 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.
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- Crime, Drama
- Jonathan Kaplan
- 1988-10-14
Dec 5, 2016 · By Rebecca Ford. December 5, 2016. The brutal gang rape scene in 1988’s The Accused lasts only three minutes — but at the time of the movie’s release, it was considered one of the longest,...
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Synopsis. The Accused (1988) The controversial rape-themed drama The Accused opens with an exterior shot of a bar, The Mill, located somewhere along the highways of Washington. Ominous music plays as the sky turns to black. A young man named Kenneth Joyce (Bernie Coulson) appears rushing outside of the bar.
Reviews. The Accused. Roger Ebert October 14, 1988. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. “The Accused” demonstrates that rape victims often are suspects in their own cases. Surely they must have been somehow to blame. How were they behaving at the time of the crime? How were they dressed? Had they been drinking?
Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster) is brutally raped by three men in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney Kathryn Murphy (Kelly...
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Sep 21, 2023 · Accused review – anxiety-inducing social media pile-on thriller. Boiling Point director Philip Barantini brings more clammy tension to a tale of a young man who becomes the target of a witch-hunt...
