When He's Not a Stranger

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When He's Not a Stranger
Genre	Drama
Written by	(story) (story) Beth Sullivan (story) John Gray (teleplay) Beth Sullivan (teleplay)
Directed by	John Gray
Starring	Annabeth Gish John Terlesky Kevin Dillon
Music by	Mark Snow
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Don Ohlmeyer
Producers	Ian Sander
Production location	California
Cinematography
Editor
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies
Distributor	CBS
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	November 6, 1989 (1989-11-06)

When He's Not a Stranger is a 1989 American Made for TV crime drama film directed by John Gray and starring Annabeth Gish and John Terlesky. The screenplay concerns a college freshman who is sexually assaulted by a football jock. It sums up the ordeal that rape victims experience and the sexual assault on college campuses. A stark dramatization of the "acquaintance rape" dilemma, it was originally to be broadcast on October 17, 1989, but pushed to November 6th of that year because of coverage surrounding the earthquakes in Northern California.

Plot[]

At Woodword University, a football-oriented California school, Lyn McKenna is raped and brutalized by her best friend's boyfriend, football player Ron Cooper. Lyn is hesitant to reveal this information as she fears that doing so will create a number of social issues and will simply worsen the aftermath of her experience. However, continued threats from Ron and his fellow football teammates lead Lyn into desperate action, and she requests that the school hold a disciplinary hearing against Ron, and ultimately demands that a district attorney prosecute.

Cast[]

• Annabeth Gish ... Lyn McKenna
• John Terlesky ... Ron Cooper
• Kevin Dillon ... Rick
• Kim Myers ... Melaine Fairchild
• Stephen Elliott ... Attorney Foster
• Paul Dooley ... Ben McKenna
• Micole Mercurio ... Emily McKenna
• Allan Arbus ... Judge Thomas J. Gray
• John M. Jackson ... Woodward University Coach

External links[]

• When He's Not a Stranger at IMDb
• When He's Not a Stranger at AllMovie

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