{{Short description|1994 American television film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | genre = Drama | creator = | based_on = | writer = Valerie West | screenplay = | story = | director = Armand Mastroianni | starring = Lori Loughlin<br/>Greg Evigan<br/>Valerie Landsburg<br />Martin Sheen | narrator = | theme_music_composer = George S. Clinton | country = United States | language = English | num_episodes = | executive_producer = Jack Grossbart<br />Joan Barnett | editor = Tim Boettcher<br />Robert Florio | location = Statesville, North Carolina | cinematography = Tom Priestley Jr. | runtime = 91 minutes | company = Grossbart Barnett Productions<br />Sydell Albert Productions | budget = | network = ABC | released = {{Start date|1994|05|16}} }} '''''One of Her Own''''' is a television film directed by Armand Mastroianni and written by Valerie West, starring Lori Loughlin, Greg Evigan, Valerie Landsburg, and Martin Sheen. Based on a true story, it is about a rookie policewoman who is raped by a fellow officer and struggles to bring charges.<ref name="Lakeland">{{cite news |title=One of Her Own |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tpgsAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA62 |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=Lakeland Ledger |date=August 3, 1997 |page=7}}</ref> It aired on ABC on May 16, 1994.
==Plot== Toni Stroud is a small-town rookie police officer who has been given excellent performance reviews from her superiors. Her fellow officer Charlie Lloyd, a veteran of the force, asks to stay in Toni's home after his wife kicks him out. Toni allows Lloyd to sleep on her couch after a night shift, but while she's asleep in her bedroom, he sneaks in and violently rapes her. Fearing the blue wall of silence among cops and the possibility of losing her job, Toni is initially hesitant to report the crime. But when she learns Lloyd has become a suspect in several sexual assaults in the community, she ultimately reports the assault to her superiors.
Her bosses promptly fire Toni from the force and close ranks around Lloyd. Toni takes her case to the district attorney, who files charges against Lloyd. As a result, Stroud and her family are subjected to harassment and vandalism by other officers. She files a lawsuit against her former bosses for illegal termination. During the trial, the police leadership testifies that Toni was fired due to her alleged inadequacy as an officer, but also admits that they failed to investigate Lloyd. Ultimately, the court finds Lloyd guilty.
==Cast== * Lori Loughlin as Toni Stroud * Greg Evigan as Charlie Lloyd * Valerie Landsburg as Stacy Schoep * Jeff Yagher as Heller * Jason Schombing as Weisberg * Reginald VelJohnson as Det. Bob Hymes * Martin Sheen as Asst. D.A Pete Maresca * Sage Cline as courtroom audience member
==Critical reception== The ''Los Angeles Times'' praised Loughlin's "absorbing" performance, adding, "This is not the first TV movie to deal with the intimidation of female officers in an old boys' police station. But the subject is sufficiently fresh as dramatic entertainment because policewomen are still a comparable novelty."<ref name="loynd">{{cite news |last1=Loynd |first1=Ray |date=16 May 1994 |title='One of Her Own': Painful Code of Silence |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-05-16-ca-58394-story.html |access-date=October 17, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> ''Variety'' wrote, "While a premise with promise, getting there is laborious and covers well-trod ground, using cliches and insipid banter to convey its points."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sandler |first=Adam |date=1994-05-16 |title=The Abc Monday Night Movie One of Her Own |url=https://variety.com/1994/tv/reviews/the-abc-monday-night-movie-one-of-her-own-1200437146/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' also commended Loughlin, but said the film "offers every victim-fights-back cliché ever".<ref name="stl">{{cite news |title=Cliché-ridden 'One of Her Own' certainly could use some help |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=euNJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-4QMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3689%2C234744 |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=May 16, 1994 |page=D6 |via=The Vindicator}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title}} {{Armand Mastroianni}}
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