“The Accused” quotes

(1988)
Movie The Accused
Title The Accused
Year 1988
Director Jonathan Kaplan
Genre Drama
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Plot – Sarah Tobias is a young and very cheerful waitress who is raped by three men in a bar. Many other customers assist to the fact with incitement and laughters. Only one guy - Kenneth Joyce - phones to the police, but it's useless. Katheryn Murphy, the Deputy District Attorney, is entrusted the case. Firstly she tries to agree the defense but the case would be limited to a simple bodily harm, so Katheryn turns to the rape's thesis. To charge all those who have witnessed the rape, she needs Sarah to testify.
All actors – Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi, Ann Hearn, Carmen Argenziano, Steve Antin, Tom O'Brien, Peter Van Norden, Terry David Mulligan, Woody Brown, Scott Paulin
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  • - Cliff "Scorpion" Albrect: No, I don't know her. She's a whore, the last time I saw her she was doing a sex show.
    - Kathryn Murphy: You watched?
    - Cliff "Scorpion" Albrect: You bet your ass I watched she put on a great show!
    - Kathryn Murphy: I thought she was raped?
    - Cliff "Scorpion" Albrect: Raped? She fucked a bar full of guys then she... (continue)
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    Leo Rossi - Cliff "Scorpion" Albrect
    Kelly McGillis - Kathryn Murphy
    [Tag:rape, sex]
  • “What the hell are you talking about? You saw me at the hospital, what you think I asked for that? Is that what you think? If that's what you think then you get the fuck out of my house!”

    Jodie Foster - Sarah Tobias
    [Tag:guilt, rape, thinking]
  • “- D.A. Paul Rudolph: Do you really want to ask a jury to lock up a bunch of people for clapping and cheering?
    - Kathryn Murphy: Clapping? Cheering? Pushing? Goading? Getting the rape going and keeping it going!”

    Carmen Argenziano - D.A. Paul Rudolph
    Kelly McGillis - Kathryn Murphy
  • “- Kathryn Murphy: Either you tell me right now what you saw or you can tell it to me on the witness stand.
    - Ken Joyce: Why? This isn't my business. I don't care about this.”

    Kelly McGillis - Kathryn Murphy
    Bernie Coulson - Ken Joyce
  • “You don't understand how I feel! I'm standing there with my pants down and my crotch hung out for the world to see and three guys are sticking it to me, a bunch of other guys are yelling and clapping and you're standing there telling me that that's the best you can do. Well, if that's the best you could do, then your best sucks! Now, I don't...” (continue)(continue reading)

    Jodie Foster - Sarah Tobias
    [Tag:genitalia, rape]
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