Underplayed Gems

Desperate Justice (1993)

Desperate Justice poster
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
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How it feels

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

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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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