Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after school hours and decides to buck the school system in an attempt to make schools safer for students and teachers alike, against the advice of the school's principal, Dr. Keys, who tries to gloss over the hazardous conditions and the incident itself to avoid bad publicity and decreased enrollment.
Acting
Patty Duke's raw, Oscar-worthy fury in a TV movie cage.
Writing
Buckles under its own earnestness but nails systemic cowardice.
Director
John Llewellyn Moxey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of 1980s 'issue TV movies' that tackled rape, domestic violence, and institutional failure — often starring former sitcom actors seeking dramatic credibility.
Patty Duke won an Emmy the same year for a different TV movie; this one was buried by its own grim subject matter and barely released theatrically overseas.
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