Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Indictment: The McMartin Trial
GenreDrama
Thriller
Written byAbby Mann
Myra Mann
Directed byMick Jackson
StarringLolita Davidovich
Shirley Knight
Mercedes Ruehl
Henry Thomas
Sada Thompson
James Woods
Nicollette Sheridan
Roberta Bassin
Theme music composerPeter Rodgers Melnick
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersAbby Mann
Oliver Stone
Janet Yang
ProducerDiana Pokorny
Production locationLos Angeles
CinematographyRodrigo García
EditorRichard A. Harris
Running time131 minutes
Production companiesHBO Pictures
Ixtlan
Abby Mann Productions
Breakheart Films
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseMay 20, 1995 (1995-05-20)
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Indictment: The McMartin Trial is a 1995 American film made for television that originally aired on HBO on May 20, 1995. Indictment is based on the true story of the McMartin preschool trial.

Oliver Stone and Abby Mann were executive producers of the film, which was directed by Mick Jackson.

The cast includes James Woods and Mercedes Ruehl, as opposing defense and prosecuting attorneys in the McMartin trial. Henry Thomas, Sada Thompson and Shirley Knight co-star as the defendants in the case, with Lolita Davidovitch as a child-abuse therapist whose findings were crucial to the prosecution's case and Roberta Bassin as the mother who initiated the case.