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.

• DirectorMick Jackson
• Release20 May 1995
• Genre
  TV Movie / Drama
• Duration2h 15m
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  7.051
  59 reviews
• Productions

  HBO Films, Abby Mann Productions, Breakheart Films, Janet Yang Productions, Ixtlan