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The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)

89 min · Family Drama, Forensic, legal drama

Popularity3.5/5
12-month trend1.9k1.1kExpand

12-month trend

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1.9k02025-09: 1,375 views2025-10: 1,303 views2025-11: 1,222 views2025-12: 1,162 views2026-01: 1,262 views2026-02: 1,907 views2026-03: 1,561 views2026-04: 1,176 views2026-05: 1,061 views2026-06: 1,415 views2026-07: 1,654 views2026-08: 1,151 views
Sep1.4kOct1.3kNov1.2kDec1.2kJan1.3kFeb1.9kMar1.6kApr1.2kMay1.1kJun1.4kJul1.7kAug1.2k

2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Karen Moncrieff

Cast

Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte, James Cromwell, Mark Pellegrino, Anna Anissimova, Clancy Brown, Ava Kolker, Johnny Sneed, Jay Thomas, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Dale Dickey, Brendan Sexton III, Isaiah Washington, Michael Hyatt, Brad Greenquist, Lily Knight, Sharon Omi, David A. Kimball, Kathy Baker, Omar Leyva, Joe Stevens, Anne Johnson, Jerry Ying, Lee Weaver, Nicki Micheaux, Lyle Kanouse, Amanda Aday, Lou Beatty Jr., Deborah van Valkenburgh, Michael Raysses, Sanny Van Heteren, Cathy Cahlin Ryan, Dave Vescio, Sara Arrington, David Paul Francis, Carrie Lazar, Jim Klock, Amy Benedict, Taye Diggs

The story

Cate McCall is a lawyer, an alcoholic in recovery and on probation, and estranged from her family. In order to regain custody of her young daughter and be reinstated to the bar, she accepts the pro bono appeal of a woman, Lacey, who has been convicted of murder. Aided by her assistant, Cate pulls out all stops to prove Lacey's innocence, as well as work on her own alcohol and work addictions.

Catalogue themes and tags

AA, Broken Family, California, Defendant, Familienstreit, Manipulative, Murderer, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, Prozess, Recovering alcoholic, Sentence, relapse

Genres

Family Drama, Forensic, legal drama

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