Judgment (1990 film)

Judgment
Genre	Drama
Written by	Tom Topor
Directed by	Tom Topor
Starring	Keith Carradine Blythe Danner Jack Warden David Strathairn Michael Faustino
Music by	Cliff Eidelman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Steve Tisch
Producer	Rob Hershman
Cinematography	Elemer Ragalyi
Editor	Cynthia Scheider
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	HBO Pictures
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	October 13, 1990 (1990-10-13)

Judgment is an HBO television film. It was first broadcast on October 13, 1990, and was written and directed by Tom Topor. The film's tagline is "No one stands beyond the reach of the law, not even the Church."

Plot

The sexual abuse of minors by priests is the delicate issue to be handled by Peter and Emmeline Guitry, devout Catholics in a small town in Louisiana whose lives are shattered when their son Robbie reveals that he has been sexually abused by their priest, Father Frank Aubert. Along with other parents in the parish, they begin a persistent but painful campaign to remove Aubert from the clergy, and have him prosecuted as a sex offender. The Catholic Church attempts to cover up the abuse and place Aubert back in the parish, causing a nationally publicized lawsuit.

Cast

• Keith Carradine as Pete Guitry
• Blythe Danner as Emmeline Guitry
• Jack Warden as Claude Fortier
• David Strathairn as Father Frank Aubert
• Michael Faustino as Robbie Guitry
• Crystal McKellar as Sabine Guitry
• Bob Gunton as Monsignor Beauvais
• Mitchell Ryan as Dave Davis
• Robert Joy as Mr. Hummel
• Steve Hofvendahl as Daniel Broussard
• Mary Joy as Madeleine Broussard

Awards

• The director and writer Tom Topor won the Writers Guild of America award for his work on Judgment.

External links

• Judgment at IMDb
• Judgment at AllMovie