If Someone Had Known
| If Someone Had Known | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by |
Alan Landsburg Susan Cuscuna Michael Petryni |
| Directed by | Eric Laneuville |
| Starring |
Kellie Martin Kevin Dobson Linda Kelsey Ivan Sergei |
| Theme music composer | Laura Karpman |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Alan Landsburg Linda Otto |
| Producer(s) | Don Goldman (co-producer) |
| Cinematography | Paul Elliott |
| Editor(s) | Karen I. Stern |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Landsburg Company |
| Distributor | NBC |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | May 1, 1995 |
If Someone Had Known is a 1995 American television drama film based on a true story, directed by Eric Laneuville. Although the film received no critical acclaim, Kellie Martin was praised for her 'believable performance'. Writers Alan Landsburg, Susan Cuscuna and Michael Petryni received the Christopher Award for their teleplay. Originally aired on NBC, the film is nowadays frequently re-aired on Lifetime and sister channel Lifetime Movie Network.
Katie Liner is the attractive 18-year-old daughter of Jack Liner, a powerful police officer. At one of his benefit parties, she meets Jimmy Pettit, a man in his early twenties she soon starts dating. Initially, he seems to be the perfect guy; he is well-educated, respectful, polite, popular and has no records with the police. Nevertheless, Jack is not sure about the guy and when he finds out that Katie is engaged, he is not enthusiastic. Things are going fast, though, and in a short period of time, Katie and Jimmy are married and she gives birth to a son.
Soon, Katie finds out that Jimmy is not the perfect man he comes off as. He starts to show violent behavior, pushing Katie and slapping her in her face. Apologizing afterwards makes Katie forgive him every time. After this happens regularly for two straight years, her older sister and friend Sharon notices bruises on her skin. Katie admits the truth about Jimmy's abuse, but begs Sharon not to reveal the violence. Sharon makes Katie promise to tell her if Jimmy beats her again. By the time she is pregnant with her second child, his aggressive behavior has worsened and he has also begun to slap their son Jamie. Desperate, Katie admits to her mother Ellen that she is a victim of domestic violence and that Jimmy isn't treating her right. Ellen convinces her daughter to leave Jimmy, but Jimmy is not willing to let go of his wife and beats her up severely for trying to leave him. When he threatens to shoot her, she defends herself by killing him with the gun.
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