Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

1992 · 100 min · ★ 6.1 · Drama, TV Movie

In the second dramatic case for lawyer Harmon Cobb, he defends an incarcerated woman who is wrongly imprisoned and refused release from a mental institution.

Directed by Delbert Mann · Written by Michael Norell

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