Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story

*Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story*
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Genre	Biographical drama
Written by	Andy Wolk; Peter Wolk;
Directed by	Andy Wolk
Starring	Jami Gertz; Ernie Hudson; Eugene Clark; Sicily Sewell; Stacy Meadows Jr.; Trent Cameron; Edwin Hodge; Zak Santiago; Regine Nehy; Jorge Vargas;
Music by	Bruce Leitl
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Craig Baumgarten; Stanley Brooks;
Producers	Michael Frislev; Damian Ganczewski; Chad Oakes;
Cinematography	John Berrie
Editor	Drake Silliman
Running time	120 minutes
Production companies	Nomadic Pictures; Once Upon a Time Films;
Original release
Network	Lifetime
Release	August 22, 2005
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The former campus of M. B. Smiley High School, the school featured in the film - the campus is now the main campus of North Forest High School

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story is a 2005 American biographical drama television film which tells the true story of a former parole officer named Marilyn Gambrell, who helped a group of students at M. B. Smiley High School in Houston, Texas. The students had either been raped, sexually harassed and/or beaten by their own parents. Marilyn helped the students learn to fight back for one another and for themselves. For this, she created the No More Victims program.

The film aired on Lifetime. It stars Jami Gertz, Ernie Hudson, Eugene Clark and Sicily Sewell.