Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995 · 135 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 3,464 VOTES · DIR. Mick Jackson
Overview
The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unqualified child cruelty "expert" videotapes the children describing outrageous stories of abuse. One of the most expensive and long running trials in US legal history, exposes the lack of evidence and unprofessional attitudes of the finger pointers which kept one of the accused in jail for over 5 years without bail.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,336 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:38 Manhattan Beach Police Department,
00:08:01 Where's your son, ma'am?
00:13:38 to get the money to buy this school.
00:20:03 Your Honor, the McMartin Preschool was in the business
00:24:57 One... one what? One woman.
00:30:09 Dean Gits is my name. Remember?
00:35:06 unless you want them to hear every word!
00:40:34 The older kids like you have to help the little kids
00:47:14 is one of grim anticipation.
00:53:14 Right. And to really make your day,
00:58:50 Do you think there was actually Satanism... This is unbelievable.
01:03:41 I want recommendations. Stevens.
01:08:45 There was a baby, the head was chopped open and the brains were burned.
01:13:45 I saw it. She's okay. I don't trust you!
01:19:25 She looks pretty, doesn't she?
01:24:37 I don't know why you didn't get it.
01:28:50 dance all over your grave!
01:33:36 What's happened all of a sudden? Are you afraid she won't pass muster?
01:38:57 But we think that we know a game that Mr. Monkey remembers.
01:44:20 And then you suddenly became the Joan of Arc of the children's movement.
01:49:11 And I have had satisfactory sex with a grown woman, Miss Rubin.
01:54:29 Her boyfriend's father, as a joke.
02:01:38 Let's get to the business at hand.
02:06:53 They were all too busy watching television.
Cast & Characters
James Woods
Danny Davis
Mercedes Ruehl
Lael Rubin
Lolita Davidovich
Kee McFarlane
Sada Thompson
Virginia McMartin
Henry Thomas
Ray Buckey
Shirley Knight
Peggy Buckey
Mark Blum
Wayne Satz
Alison Elliott
Peggy Ann Buckey
Chelsea Field
Christine Johnson
Joe Urla
Glenn Stevens
Scott Waara
Dean Gits
Valerie Wildman
Diana Sullivan
Richard Bradford
Ira Reiner
Roberta Bassin
Judy Johnson
Dennis Burkley
George Freeman
James Cromwell
Judge Pounders
Gabrielle Boni
Tara
Ramsey Ellis
Jonathan
Avner Garbi
Fadeel
Patricia Belcher
Juror #1
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,336
Dialogue density17.3 lines / min
First line00:02:38
Final line02:06:53
Production Record
DirectorMick Jackson
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,464
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