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'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


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