When He's Not a Stranger

When He's Not a Strange
When He's Not a Strange
Directed by	John Gray
Music by	Mark Snow
Release date	November 6, 1989
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

When He's Not a Stranger is a 1989 American Made for TV crime drama film, starring Annabeth Gish and John Terlesky about a college freshman who is sexually assaulted by a football jock. It sums up the ordeal that rape victims experience and the sexual assault on college campuses. This stark dramatization of the "acquaintance rape" dilemma was originally to be broadcast on October 17, 1989, but pushed to November 6th of that year because of coverage surrounding the earthquakes in Northern California.

Plot

At Woodword University, a football-oriented California school, Lyn McKenna is raped and brutalized by her best friend's boyfriend, football player Ron Cooper. Lyn is hesitant to reveal this information as she fears that doing so will create a number of social issues and will simply worsen the aftermath of her experience. However, continued threats from Ron and his fellow football teammates lead Lyn into desperate action, and she requests that the school hold a disciplinary hearing against Ron, and ultimately demands that a district attorney prosecute.

Cast

Annabeth Gish ... Lyn McKenna
John Terlesky ... Ron Cooper
Kevin Dillon ... Rick
Kim Myers ... Melaine Fairchild
Stephen Elliott ... Attorney Foster
Paul Dooley ... Ben McKenna
Micole Mercurio ... Emily McKenna
Allan Arbus ... Judge Thomas J. Gray
John M. Jackson ... Woodward University Coach

External links

This article related to an American TV movie is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a crime drama film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.