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A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Markowitz released in USA on 2 october 1989 with Nancy McKeon
A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989)
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Add to a movie listA Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story is a 1989 NBC TV-movie based on the 1985 ruling Thurman v. City of Torrington. The film stars Nancy McKeon as Tracey; Dale Midkiff as Buck; and Bruce Weitz as Tracey's lawyer, Burton Weinstein.
^ http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/vaw00/thurmanexcerpt.html
^ "A-Cry-for-Help-The-Tracey-Thurman-Story - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
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The movie opens with Tracey Thurman being rushed to the hospital after being physically assaulted by her estranged husband, Buck.Actors
Nancy McKeon
(Tracy Thurman)
Dale Midkiff
(Buck Thurman)
Graham Jarvis
(Officer Danziger)
Philip Baker Hall
(Judge Blumenfeld)
David Wohl
(Nagel)
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