DVD
A gun in the house
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Performers
Sally Struthers, David Ackroyd, Millie Perkins, Belita Moreno, Missy Francis, Jeffrey Tambor, Valorie Armstrong.
Publication Information
[Place of distribution not identified] : Substance, [2009]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
An affluent neighborhood has been besieged with violence. Emily and Joe Cates are concerned for their safety. Joe's job working for their airlines has him away from home more often than not, and their young daughter Diana has seen strange men lurking outside their house. They decide to get a dog, but this is surely not enough protection, so Emily and her friend Marcie take a gun course and soon learn how to shoot. When Joe is out of town two male assailants break into their home. Emily is brutally humiliated, kicked and violated. She makes a run for it, grabs her handgun and shoots one of the attackers in the back. The nightmare is not over. The police find no proof that Emily was attacked, nor do they find any evidence of excessive force. As a result, Emily is arrested and charged with murder--targeted as an "example" to other would-be gun owners by politically ambitious DA Lance Kessler.
Notes
Title from disc surface.
Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie on CBS in 1981.
Includes scene access and slideshow.