Shame

– A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a loc..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
1992
Shame (1992)

A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a local teenage girl and tries to persuade her to to press charges against the young thugs who raped her.

Producing Country:
Genre:
Release Date:

18 Aug 1992

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Dan Lerner

Writer:

Beverley Blankenship (earlier screenplay), Michael Brindley (earlier screenplay), Rebecca Soladay (teleplay)

Main Actors:

Amanda Donohoe, Dean Stockwell, Dan Gauthier, Lee Garlington

Plot:

In this remake of the 1987 Australian movie of the same name, Diana Cadell is a Los Angeles D.A. traveling through the U.S. Pacific Northwest on holiday when her motorcycle breaks down in a small Washington state logging town where she becomes involved in helping Lizzie Curtis, daughter of the local mechanic Tim Curtis, in pressing rape charges against the local gang who recently gang raped Lizzie and another girl. But the leader of the gang, Danny, as well as the local populous, become determined to keep the incident a secret and target Diana and the Curtis family to shut them up for good.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

Prism Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10