The Rape of Richard Beck

The Rape of Richard Beck
Genre	Drama
Written by	James G. Hirsch[1]
Directed by	Karen Arthur
Starring	Richard Crenna George Dzundza Meredith Baxter Pat Hingle Frances Lee McCain Cotter Smith Joanna Kerns
Theme music composer	Peter Bernstein
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Robert Papazian
Editor(s)	Maurie Beck Millie Moore
Cinematography	Tom Neuwirth
Running time	100 minutes
Production company(s)	Robert Papazian Productions
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	May 27, 1985

The Rape of Richard Beck (also known as Deadly Justice)^[1] is a 1985 American television movie.^[2]

Plot

Richard Beck (Richard Crenna) is a police detective who believes that rape victims are "asking for it". When he himself is raped by two male suspects he comes to question that belief.

Cast

Actor	Role
Richard Crenna	Richard Beck
George Dzundza	Blastig
Meredith Baxter	Barbara McKee
Pat Hingle	Chappy Beck
Frances Lee McCain	Caroline Beck
Cotter Smith	Lt. Hugo
Joanna Kerns	Anita Parrish
Mark Dickison	Eric Gibbs
Jason Bernard	Sgt. Wally Rydell
Nicholas Worth	Ray
M. C. Gainey	Sonny
Stanley Kamel	Dr. Greenberg

Awards and nominations

Eddie Awards

• 1986: Won, "Best Edited Television Special" - Millie Moore & Maurie Beck

Emmy Awards

• 1985: Won, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special" - Richard Crenna

Golden Globe Awards

• 1986: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV" - Richard Crenna

References

1. "The Rape of Richard Beck". The New York Times.
2. Anderson, Jon (May 27, 1985). "Cop`s Beliefs Violated In `Rape Of Richard Beck`". Chicago Tribune.

External links

• The Rape of Richard Beck at the Internet Movie Database
• The Rape of Richard Beck at AllMovie