When the newlywed wife of a Minnesota police chief accuses a new officer on his force of raping her several years earlier, it sets the stage for a tense confrontation in this riveting story. Penelope Ann Miller and Reed Diamond star as Kathy and Doug Clifson, a hard-working couple whose lives are torn apart when a new officer, John McCrane, joins the force. Kathy recognizes him as the man who raped her when she was a teenager, and while other women soon come forward saying that McCrane also raped them, the police force closes ranks to protect one of their own.
Acting
Miller's trembling rage vs. Diamond's crumbling loyalty—marriage as war zone.
Writing
The slow horror of watching 'good cops' choose brotherhood over truth.
Director
Mike Robe
Penelope Ann Miller
Kathy Clifson
Reed Diamond
Doug Clifson
Liisa Repo-Martell
Carole Bakelin
Andrew Jackson
Officer John McCrane
Marnie McPhail
Lynn Jordan
Matt Craven
Scott Miller
Diana Stevan
Ruth
John Bourgeois
Owen Bradley
Matt Cooke
Dick Carter
Conrad Coates
Whit Colby
Joel S. Keller
Todd Bakelin
Sandi Ross
Nancy Tobin
Sharon Bajer
Gayle McCrane
Danielle Savage
Debbie Caston
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the real 1992 case of Wisconsin police officer Larry Neumann, whose wife discovered he'd raped 11 women—after she married him.
Aired on Lifetime in 2002, this was part of a wave of 'based on true story' TV movies that let mainstream audiences process systemic abuse before #MeMe gave us language for it.
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