Country Justice

Country Justice
Directed by	Graeme Campbell
Produced by	Seth Ersoff
Written by	Linda Taddeo
Starring	Rachael Leigh Cook, George C. Scott, Ally Sheedy, Don Diamont
Music by	James McVay
Cinematography	Richard Leiterman
Edited by	Paul Martin Smith
Distributed by	CBS
Release dates	January 14, 1997
Running time	94 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Country Justice (also known as Family Rescue) is a 1997 American made for TV crime drama film.

Plot

Emma (Rachael Leigh Cook) is a 15-year-old girl who was raised in a Western Virginia mining town by her miner grandfather, Clayton Hayes (George C. Scott). She wants to know about her mother Angie Baker (Ally Sheedy), who abandoned her when she was a baby. She decides to go visit her mother in Tennessee despite her grandfather's insistence against it, leaving him a note.

When she arrives at the trailer where her mother lives, she is greeted by her mother's partner Ray Wilcox (Don Diamont) who is attracted to her the minute he meets her. He keeps complimenting her using superficial charm until one night she goes out to dinner with him. He gives her too much champagne before taking her to an abandoned trailer on the same lot that her mother Angie and Ray lives on and strips off Emma's shoes and stockings and rapes her.

After the rape, Emma finds out that she's pregnant. She tells her grandfather, who threatens to murder Ray, only barely being talked out of it by Emma. After some contemplation, Emma decides to keep the baby. However, Ray begins stalking her, which in turn causes her to go into labor. Ray sues for sole custody of their son, easily winning the case due to his age and financial income, but Clayton kidnaps the baby.

After becoming a fugitive, the police arrive at Emma's house along with Ray to get the baby. Emma tells them she doesn't have the baby and after persistent questioning and threats from Ray, they leave. Clayton is assisted by various friends while on the run, including a minister.

Clayton is forced to come out of hiding and seek a hospital when the baby's health starts to decline causing him to stop breathing. He is eventually found and Emma wins the custody fight on appeal and Clayton is granted custody of the baby. Ray comes back and tries to talk to Angie, but Clayton sends him away. At the end of the movie Angie, Clayton, and Emma living together and taking care of the baby and Emma going to school, able to maintain a scarred but peaceful life as a teenager and mother.

Cast

• Rachael Leigh Cook as Emma Baker
• George C. Scott as Clayton Hayes
• Ally Sheedy as Angie Baker
• Don Diamont as Ray Wilcox

External links

• Country Justice at IMDb