Cry Rape! Plot Summary and Details

Plot

Two TV films were shown during the 1973-1974 season dealing with the emotional and legal ramifications of rape. While the Elizabeth Montgomery vehicle A Case of Rape was closer to Real Life, Cry Rape! also had a lot going for it. Andrea Marcovicci stars as Betty Jenner, whose world is rent asunder when she falls victim to a rapist. Equally as humiliating as the violation itself is the aftermath; Betty must withstand the adversarial questions of the police on the case, and then must relive her nightmare in court. Filmed in a semidocumentary fashion, Cry Rape! veers dangerously close to discouraging any woman from reporting sexual assault, inasmuch as it demonstrates the step-by-step process by which the accuser often ends up the accused. Only its contrived melodramatic conclusion robs the film of its verisimilitude.

MPAA Rating:

Genre(s):

Drama

Run Time:

75min.

Director(s):

Corey Allen

Tone:

Confrontational,Earnest,Poignant,Talky,Tense

Keywords:

aftermath,court [law],humiliation,questioning [police interrogation],rape,victim