A Life Interrupted

The story

After Debbie Smith was raped, she didn't take the law into her own hands. She wrote the law... Based on a true story. In 1989, Debbie Smith was living a quiet life as a housewife with her police officer husband, Rob and their two kids, but one day it's all shattered. While her husband slept upstairs, Debbie was dragged from her kitchen in broad daylight and brutally raped in the woods. After going through the dehumanizing rape-kit, she waited with fear and paranoia. Six years later, her rapist was caught through a chance DNA test. After learning how many rape-kits go untested and how long women wait to get justice, Debbie makes it her mission so no more women will suffer the long wait to get justice.

Cast & crew

Lea ThompsonDebbie Smith

Anthony LemkeRob Smith

Cindy BusbyCrystal Smith

Éléonore LamotheYoung Crystal

Devon BostickYoung Bobby

Tommy Lioutas

Tommy LioutasBobby Smith

Cary LawrenceEmily

Ralph ProsperNorman Jimmerman

Trevor HayesMike Yost

Mélanie St-PierreMolly

Malcolm Travis

Malcolm TravisD.A. Mike McGinty

Saskia Rose Gaucher

Saskia Rose GaucherYoung Tawny