Judgment (film)

Judgment
Directed by	Tom Topor
Produced by	Rob Hershman
Written by	Tom Topor
Starring	Keith Carradine Blythe Danner Jack Warden David Strathairn Michael Faustino
Music by	Cliff Eidelman
Cinematography	Elemer Ragalyi
Edited by	Cynthia Scheider
Distributed by	HBO
Release dates	October 13, 1990
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Judgment is an HBO made for television film. It first aired on October 13, 1990 and was written and directed by Tom Topor.

Plot

"No one stands beyond the reach of the law, not even the Church."

The sexual abuse of minors by priests is the delicate issue to be handled by Peter and Emmeline Guitry, devout Catholics whose lives are shattered when their son Robbie reveals that he has been sexually abused by their priest, Father Frank Aubert. Along with other parents in the parish, they begin a persistent but painful campaign to remove Aubert from the clergy, and have him prosecuted as a sex offender. The Catholic Church attempts to cover up the abuse and place Aubert back in the parish, causing a nationally publicized lawsuit.

Cast

• Keith Carradine as Pete Guitry
• Blythe Danner as Emmeline Guitry
• Jack Warden as Claude Fortier
• David Strathairn as Father Frank Aubert
• Michael Faustino as Robbie Guitry
• Bob Gunton as Monsignor Beauvais
• Mitch Ryan as Dave Davis
• Robert Joy as Mr. Hummel
• Steve Hofvendahl as Daniel Broussard
• Mary Joy as Madeleine Broussard

Awards

• Director and writer Tom Topor won the Writers Guild of America award for his work on Judgment.

External links

• Judgment at the Internet Movie Database
• Judgment at AllMovie