Content Warning: the movie starts with a depiction of intimate partner violence; several such depictions are shown throughout, and are the focus of the movie.
In Phoenix, Arizona, 16-year-old Bobby Tennison starts talking to classmate Stacy. He eventually invites Stacy and her friends to a late night lake party. There, Bobby and Stacy sneak off, and eventually learn that their fathers abandoned them. Meanwhile Stacy’s mom, Laura, is dating Rod, who is emotionally abusive.
Bobby eventually starts showing possessive behavior. He wants Stacy to always be home at night when he calls and not hang out with anyone when they are together. He occasionally apologizes after getting mad at Stacy, says that he loves her, and gives her gifts. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_One_Would_Tell_(1996_film)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhqVFT-hN5k - the link from above (1080p)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGwExwZapZc - another copy (480p). this video preview image suggests that this is the 2018 remake, but in fact this is the original 1996 film
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117191/ - more info
Most of the actors in this movie were child stars who had reached the late teen age by this point, and who continued on with their careers after this. So the acting is pretty good, for a TV movie. The script is typical for the “after school special” or “Lifetime movie” genre, and though this was originally shown on NBC, it is currently on the Lifetime youtube channel, and Lifetime made a sequel in 2018.
- TRIVIA: the woman playing Stacy’s mother was a member of the 60s group Mamas and the Papas, whose most well-known song was “California Dreamin’”.
- TRIVIA: Sally Jessy Raphael, who had a talk show throughout the 90s, has a brief appearance as a judge.