The Accused (1988)

	Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan	COUNTRY USA GENRE Drama NORWEGIAN TITLE De tiltalte RUNNING TIME 111 minutes
	Produced by: Stanley R. Jaffe Sherry Lansing
	Written by: Tom Topor

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
A.D.A. Kathryn Murphy	Kelly McGillis
Sarah Tobias	Jodie Foster	½
Ken Joyce	Bernie Coulson
Cliff "Scorpion" Albrect	Leo Rossi
Sally Fraser	Ann Hearn
D.A. Paul Rudolph	Carmen Argenziano
Bob Joiner	Steve Antin
Larry	Tom O'Brien
Attorney Paulsen	Peter Van Norden
Lieutenant Duncan	Terry David Mulligan
Danny	Woody Brown

Review

A powerful performance from an offensive-minded young Jodie Foster is at the core of this social realism slash courtroom drama, based on real-life events. The subject matter is rape, society's stance on it, and the fine lines all the involved parties walk. The film is an intelligent dissection of a harrowing act, even if director Jonathan Kaplan lets his film become a little sloppy and simplified during the middle part. Fortunately, what may have seemed like one-dimensional characters and mere surface-grazing turns out to be a powerful and highly thought-provoking drama in a brilliant finale, in which the story's many aspects are fully documented. Kelly McGillis plays the D.A., looking amateurish beside the brilliant Foster.