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Plain Truth is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Paul Shapiro released in USA on 4 october 2004 with Mariska Hargitay
Plain Truth (2004)
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Add to a movie listPlain Truth is a 2004 TV Drama directed by Paul Shapiro, starring Mariska Hargitay, Alison Pill and Jan Niklas. The movie is based on Jodi Picoult's book Plain Truth, where an Amish teen hides a pregnancy, gives birth in secret, and then flatly denies it all when the baby's body is found, urban defense attorney Ellie Harrison decides to defend her.
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Katie (Alison Pill) is an 18-year-old girl who lives in a small Amish community in the Pennsylvania farm country. When a newborn baby is found dead, police suspect foul play, and Katie is accused of having given birth to the child, then taking its life. Katie protests her innocence on both charges, and Ellie Harrison (Mariska Hargitay), a tough and well-respected attorney, is brought in to defend her in court.Actors
Mariska Hargitay
(Ellie Harrison)
Alison Pill
(Katie Fitch)
Jan Niklas
(Aaron Fitch)
Kate Trotter
(Sarah Fitch)
Jonathan LaPaglia
(Cooper)
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