Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore is a 1992 American made-for-television drama film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Walter Matthau, Harry Morgan and Susan Blakely. A sequel to The Incident (1990), it is the second of three television films featuring the characters Harmon Cobb and Judge Stoddard Bell. It was followed by a sequel, Incident in a Small Town, in 1994.
Plot
In 1947, Small-town Colorado lawyer Harmon Cobb and his family move to Baltimore, where he becomes the law partner of his old adversary Judge Stoddard Bell. He goes against the State of Maryland, suing on behalf of Marika Papoulis, an institutionalized mental patient for release.
Cobb also struggles with the death of his son Harold in the previous film. Despite several years having passed since Harold's death in World War II, he is unable to accept his son's widow Billie beginning a new romance with Jack Adkins, a customer at the music shop at which she starts working.
Cast Walter Matthau as Harmon Cobb Harry Morgan as Judge Stoddard Bell Susan Blakely as Billie Cobb Ariana Richards as Nancy Cobb Brian Kerwin as Jack Adkins Barton Heyman as Donald Norman Rose as Judge Gold Larry Keith as Dr. Obenland Michael Mantell as Dr. Friedman David Leary as District Attorney Yates Bridgit Ryan as Marika Papoulis Susan Chapek as Melina Vovakis Don Brockett as Judge Mulligan Bingo O'Malley as Judge Stoneburner John Hall as Young Lawyer
Release The film debuted on CBS on Sunday, January 19, 1992, in the CBS Sunday Movie slot. It was the 17th most-watched show of the week in the Nielsen ratings, with a 16.0 rating, and beat out ABC's movie offering She Woke Up (14.1 rating), which placed 27th.Yandel, Gerry (22 January 1992). CBS almost kicked out of saddle, The Atlanta Journal (page 60)
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