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Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Directed byAndy Wolk
Written byAndy Wolk
Peter Wolk
Produced byMichael Frislev
Damian Ganczewski
Chad Oakes
StarringJami Gertz
Ernie Hudson
Eugene Clark
Sicily Sewell
Stacy Meadows, Jr.
Trent Cameron
Edwin Hodge
Zak Santiago
Regine Nehy
Jorge Vargas
CinematographyJohn Berrie
Edited byDrake Silliman
Music byBruce Leitl
Production
companies
Nomadic Pictures
Once Upon a Time Films
Distributed byLifetime Movie Network
Release date
  • August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
The former campus of M.B. Smiley High School, the school featured in the film - the campus is now the main campus of North Forest High School

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story is a 2005 TV film which tells the true story of a former parole officer named Marilyn Gambrell, who helped a group of students at M.B. Smiley High School in Houston, Texas, United States. The students had either been raped, sexually harassed and/or beaten by their own parents. Marilyn helped the students learn to fight back for one another and for themselves. For this, she created the No More Victims program.

The film aired on Lifetime. It starred Jami Gertz, Ernie Hudson, Eugene Clark and Sicily Sewell.


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