Watch Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) Free Online

Release Date: 1995

Cast: Shirley Knight, James Woods, Lolita Davidovich, Sada Thompson, Nicollette Sheridan, Henry Thomas, Mercedes Ruehl, Mark Blum, Chelsea Field

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Television movie, Docudrama, Courtroom Drama

Indictment: The McMartin Trial is a made for TV movie that originally aired on HBO on May 20, 1995. Indictment is based on the true story of the McMartin preschool trial. A defense lawyer (played by James Woods) defends an average American family from shocking allegations of child abuse and satanic rituals. After six years and $16 million, the trial ends with the dismissal of all charges. John J. O'Connor, writing for The New York Times: Also writing for The New York Times, Seth Mydans said: The film is cited as a watershed in the shift of ideas about satanic ritual abuse in the United... MORE

Indictment: The McMartin Trial is a made for TV movie that originally aired on HBO on May 20, 1995. Indictment is based on the true story of the McMartin preschool trial. A defense lawyer (played by James Woods) defends an average American family from shocking allegations of child abuse and satanic rituals. After six years and $16 million, the trial ends with the dismissal of all charges. John J. O'Connor, writing for The New York Times: Also writing for The New York Times, Seth Mydans said: The film is cited as a watershed in the shift of ideas about satanic ritual abuse in the United States, recasting Ray Buckey as a victim of a hysterical conspiracy rather than a child abuser. LESS