Desperate Justice (1993)

Original title

A Mother's Revenge

Directed by

Armand Mastroianni

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother seeks justice after her daughter is harmed. She takes legal action against the system that failed them.

tensesombersuspensefuldramaticemotionally heavygrittyurgent

What happens

A Mother's Revenge (aka Desperate Justice) is a 1993 American film starring Lesley Ann Warren, Bruce Davison, and Shirley Knight. The teleplay adaptation was written by John Bensink. It was based on the novel (published:1989) of the same name by Richard Speight from Nashville, Tennessee (father of American actor Richard Speight, Jr.). The original novel may have been based on true story, as Speight was a Tennessean criminal attorney. According to Barnes & Noble author information, "He (Speight) taught trial law at Vanderbilt University for 14 years, and was a Writer in Residence at Belmont University for five years." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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