A woman who uses a handgun to defend herself and shoots a man who is assaulting her in her home is doggedly prosecuted by the district attorney, bent on making an example of her case.
Sally Struthers
as Emily Cates
David Ackroyd
as Joe Cates
Dick Anthony Williams
as Det. Frank Campbell
Joel Bailey
as Matt Grine
Frank Koppala
as Henry Galsworthy
Jeffrey Tambor
as Lance Kessler
Allan Rich
as Roy Grutman
Belita Moreno
as Marcie Clark
Melissa Francis
as Diana Cates
Valorie Armstrong
as Phyllis Thatcher
Max Showalter
as Peter Schechter
Gary Wood
as Tompall Shockley