Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Synopsis

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.

When & where

Streaming on

• HBO Max↗
• HBO Max Amazon Channel↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  James Woods
  as Danny Davis
• 
  Mercedes Ruehl
  as Lael Rubin
• 
  Lolita Davidovich
  as Kee McFarlane
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  Sada Thompson
  as Virginia McMartin
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  Henry Thomas
  as Ray Buckey
• 
  Shirley Knight
  as Peggy Buckey

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