The Accused

Name: The Accused
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1988-10-14
Rating: 7.077

The first scream was for help. The second is for justice.

Film19881h 51mReleased

DramaCrime

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Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Language: English
Released: 1988-10-14
Runtime: 1h 51m

Community score

7.1691 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.9

The story

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; however, she allows the rapists to receive a mild sentence. A distraught Sarah decides to seek punishment for the men who witnessed and encouraged the rape. To get justice, Sarah must take the stand and revisit the night of her attack.