No One Would Tell

Plot synopsis:
Stacy Collins (Candace Cameron) is a shy 16-year-old high school student who has secretly been in love with Bobby Tennison (Fred Savage) for two years. She is surprised when he starts to show a romantic interest in her, considering he is a senior wrestler and the most popular guy in school. They soon start dating and find out that both their fathers had abandoned them. She is upset that her mother, Laura (Michelle Phillips), is dating a man named Rod who treats her very badly, and she is often urging her to leave him and treat herself better. After a few weeks of dating, Bobby starts showing possessive behavior. He is jealous whenever another guy approaches or talks about her inappropriately, and doesn't want her to hang out with her friends when they are together. At first, she doesn't suspect that there is anything wrong, because he immediately apologizes after getting mad at her and tells her that he loves her and gives her gifts to show his remorse.
Stacy soon promises to him that they will be together forever. She also agrees not to hang out with other people anymore if he is not present. At school, boys start to notice her after her best friend, Nicki (Heather McComb), convinces her to wear a mid-thigh high skirt for Bobby. In the boys' locker room, one of his friends makes a comment about her looking hot, which outrages him. After this, he furiously calls her a slut and demands that she wear proper clothes and forces her to change the skirt in the school bathroom and into some track pants. She tries to explain that she was only dressing up for him, but he becomes more furious before throwing and slamming her into the wall. Back at home, Laura worries that she is spending too much of her time with him, but she assures her that he loves her and she requites these feelings. Meanwhile, Nicki and her friend, Val (Justina Machado), also grow concerned about her relationship with him. Nicki soon learns from his cousin, Donna (Paige Moss), that he has a history of hitting his old girlfriends and being abusive in his former relationships. Her worry only gets stronger when she notices that Stacy has several unexplained bruises on her body. She talks to her about what she heard, but Stacy, frustrated, assures her that she can take care of herself.
By accident, Stacy meets Bobby's mother; he catches them talking to each other and becomes furious and violent. Upset, she refuses to see him again and later takes it out on Laura, calling her irresponsible. He later wins her trust back by telling her about the alcoholism that runs in his family. They are happy for a while, but trouble begins again when he sees her talking to another guy at the school dance. He pulls her outside into the parking lot and slaps her, all of which is being watched by Nicki nearby. She quickly confronts her about how badly he is treating her, but she defends him, saying he's been through a lot. When Nicki flat out says that he doesn't love her, she angrily says, "Then you don't know what love is!" before taking off with him in his car. After Nicki helps her see the truth, she accepts that he isn't treating her right and ends their relationship. When he doesn't take the break-up well, she offers for them to just be friends, but they are soon estranged when he hears that she was talking to another boy at a birthday party and slaps her again despite them no longer dating.
Later that night, Bobby, accompanied by his friend, Vince Fortner (Eric Balfour), convinces Stacy to get into his car for a ride. He drives to the lake and walks off with her to be alone. The next day, she goes missing. Most people guess that she hitchhiked and was murdered, but Laura suspects that Bobby has something to do with it after she finds Stacy's purse in his room. Nicki is also convinced that he is responsible for her disappearance and asks Carla (Martha Romo), a witness on the night that she disappeared, for information. Her reluctance to tell what happened frustrates Nicki. Accompanied by Laura, she goes to the police, informing Laura and Detective Anderson how abusive Stacy's relationship with Bobby was. Carla eventually talks to them as well, admitting that Bobby and Vince took Stacy to the lake.
Bobby and Vince are arrested and Bobby blames Stacy's disappearance on Vince, who, when confronted by this lie, admits that Bobby was the one last seen with her and later reveals that when he came back alone, he said that "if he can't have her, no one's gonna". Vince was free to go, since he told Detective Anderson the truth that he was unaware Bobby killed Stacey. Detective Anderson is then convinced he killed her when she ended the relationship and refused to get back together. When he confronts him, he realized he was cornered and shortly admits that he slit her throat when she refused to get back together with him and then disposed of her body in the lake. It is soon found in there wrapped in a trash bag with duct tape and tied down with cinder blocks. Laura and Nicki are left in tears. A court trial soon follows with the district attorney asking everyone if they ever saw him hit her. Carla says she did, but that it was because Stacy wouldn't listen to him. Donna and his other friends also admit that they witnessed the abuse, but figured she would leave him eventually. Val, Vince, Nicki and her boyfriend expose the abusive ways that he treated her, with Nicki saying how she desperately wanted to oust him, but was afraid of losing Stacy's friendship if she were to say what he was doing to her. He is eventually found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge (Sally Jessy Raphael) tells the witnesses to tell someone next time they see a friend being abused instead of standing by and doing nothing, implying how it could have saved her from ultimately getting killed.
Later, a distraught Nicki cleans out Stacy's locker and cries as she looks at the pictures of them, remembering their friendship and guiltily wishing that she had acted sooner to have saved her. The film ends with Nicki and her boyfriend leaving a bouquet of roses on the sand at the lake in memory of Stacy.

Tags: murder

Review:
I was forced to watch this in Health class like many other movies.
While we certainly see an abundance of these films on LMN, the message is important, and not to be discarded.Candace Cameron is quite good as a 16 year old involved in an abusive relationship.
no a days this is something that is happening more and more and i think if a lot of woman would watch this movie they would see why this is just no going to work!overall this is an excellent movie and it deserves more recognition than it gets.
The acting is great, the writing and main characters are nice, but the thing I liked the most is that it was based on a true and very serious topic.Candace Cameron Bure is perfect as the sweet and battered Stacy Collins.
Not too many people care but this is one of the most annoying things in the movies today; having people trying to play high school students who are clearly in their late twenties +.
One minor problem I had with this movie was that although it was entertaining the whole way through with hardly any boring parts, there were too many twists with Bobby and Stacy's relationship.
I've seen that many people commented that Stacy was stupid for staying with Bobby, but most people who are in abusive relationships stay because the abuser usually psychologically abuses them, as well as physically.
The thing is that some people don't know if someone is being abused unless they come out and tell someone.
I saw this movie ten minutes into it, so I didn't know that what happened actually would.
this is a sad film, but one that should be viewed by teenage girls that are in abusive relationships.
it's the movie that made me fall totally in love with Fred Savage, and it proved to me that Candace Cameron Bure could act that well.I haven't gotten to see this movie in 4 years but it's incredibly memorable & I don't even care that my friends give me weird looks when I tell them that my favorite movie was simply made for TV.There was nothing that I didn't like about this movie.
Hilarious comedy starring two likable child stars (Fred Savage and Candace Cameron) who obviously cemented their transition to the huge stars they are today with their performances in this all time classic film, not.No doubt this 'masterpiece' has been inflicted on health classes everywhere, just seeing one frame of this movie screams 'lifetime televesion for women TV movie of the week.' So, if you like abuse of any kind, this is the film for you.
I don't think I reveal anything important, but I don't want to be accused of ruining such a fine film for anyone.)This movie is terrible.
There are so many facets of the movie that make it absolutely awful, but yet it's still impossible to tear yourself away from it if you are one of those people who gets sucked in to the hyper-dramatic made for TV movie.First of all, who can resist a cast that includes Fred Savage, Candace Cameron, and, of all people, Michelle Phillips?
The plot is enough to make you want to cringe (it's not right that they made abuse seem like such a ridiculous topic, but they did), and buying Fred Savage as the villain is somewhat difficult, but that's what makes it all so laughable.
Add to this the fact that it has an uproariously funny soundtrack (Belinda Carlisle, anyone?) and you know you have a winner.If you enjoy watching bad movies, grab some microwave popcorn the next time they re-run this movie on television.
You'll want to see it again and again.(One more thing: Try not to feel like a terrible person at the end of the movie when Sally Jesse Raphael lectures us all about the importance of intervention.).
Unfortunately there wasn't much useful insight to be had here.It was interesting to see Fred Savage play against his type as the abusive boyfriend and one can understand how the film makers would cast someone who seems so gentle and harmless as the abuser.I really wanted to like this movie and it does center around an important issue but unfortunately it doesn't deal with the issue..
It really surprised me to see the well-known good kid, Fred Savage, play such a violent character to the sweet girl next door, Full House's Cameron.
Sometimes I feel bad because I like movies with abuse, teen problems, & eating disorders etc...But every time I see a different one, it makes me more motivated to help people.
***SPOILERS***The moment that pretty but shy Stacy Connins, Candance Cameron Bure, laid her eyes on high school wrestling champion Bobby "Cute Butt" Tennison, Fred Savage, during a wrestling match, which he won, it was love at first sight: For both Bobby as well as his butt.
It's then that Bobby lost control and turned his pent up aggressions, in feeling he wasn't the great lover that he thought he was, on her with a white hot fury.Stacy despite being abused by Bobby where in some cases she had to be hospitalized still stuck with him feeling that he, as well as his cute butt, was too good to give up even if it meant that she'll end up dead sticking with him.
Finally coming to her senses,after being beaten black and blue all over, Stacy decided to call it quits and leave Bobby forever to his own world of mindless violence.
Her biggest mistake was telling him that with no one around to protect her from him when he got the word from her and that was a fatal error on Stacy's part.****SPOILERS**** Based on the true story of the murder of 14 year old Amy Carnevale by her love crazed and mentally deranged 16 year old boyfriend Jamie Fuller in 1991 the movie shows that love is strange like the song says and it gets even stranger when it involves a nut case who can't take no for an answer.
In this case Bobby Tennison who because of his insecurity, in coming from a dysfunctional family, that lead to murdering his girlfriend Stacy Collins.
No one would tell was one of the best movies iv'e seen and it is based on a true story I think a lot of people would like it I just wish they would put it on DVD so i can buy it.Give it a try and watch the movie I can almost guarantee you will like it a lot because i know a lot of people that watched it and they loved it so much they wanted to buy it but they couldn't find out where not everyone is rich and has a credit card and the internet is the only place you can buy it at.
This movie is A great movie to show to teenage girls and women in general some people think the have no where to turn like Stacy did and when she did break free there really was know one to catch her abuse is real if you never experience it you wouldn't know how to react toward a person in it , this movie comes on DVD now.
it funny I saw it on Cbs I could believe it right away when i saw the cover i remember it one of those movies that stays with you because the guy is so evil how he just put that poor girl through hell , this is a true life story and I feel a great deal for that poor girls family well there i said my peace so rent it ..
i now know that abuse is very bad in the relationship that bobby and Stacy had.
also THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER because it was very bad acting and very funny but it was the greatest thing to watch in the whole entire world.
I am very glad that i had a chance to watch the movie in school because i now know that the whole school that i go to knows about bobby and Stacy.
Me and my friends were crying when he killed her every girl should see it and realize when to get out she always had an excuse i saw this movie in gym my teacher thought she should show every one of us girls when a relationship is healthy or not healthy.
Now every girl in my gym class realizes when they should get out i loved the movie it was just wow!
I couldn't believe the passion in the movie if i had to rate it i'd give it a 10 out of 10 for all the actors every actor in the movie put so much passion or effort into the movie i never knew candace cameron had that much in her i never knew fred savage could even act so violent it was just awesome i couldn't believe it well hope this hepled you watch this movie!!.
People seem to get an image that Stacy Collins is stupid for putting up with her abusive boyfriend but if you watch closely you see that he has brainwashed her into thinking that she is wrong and that he loves her no matter what.
It had wonderful characters in it to especially Fred Savage because hes soo fine and HOT and Candace Cameron is very pretty and sweet.so they looked great in the movie together..
Fred Savage's acting in this movie was very convincing.
I actually only wanted to watch it, because Fred Savage was in it, and then it became a good movie.
This is a classic made for TV movie from 1996, its about teenagers and domestic violence leading to murder, based on a true story.I've watched this probably 20 times over the years, the only bad thing I have to say is the overall "style" and feel of the movie is getting more and more outdated as time goes on, but that's how it goes for most made for TV lifetime movies.
We watched this movie in health class as we were to be looking for examples of dating violence.
The movie is about DJ Tanner meeting Kevin Arnold and falling in love with him (who wouldn't).
These twists helped make it a bit better as did a very dramatic ending, but this was mostly a case of too little too late to save the film from ordinary acting and an worse script.I found it hard to believe it was only made in 1996 because it looks like everything this film did has been done already decades before.
I mean the last time i saw that show she was like 15..Anyways Its weird how you think you know a person then they turn around and kill you..but it happens everyday.
This movie was very enjoyable.Fred Savage's acting was great.The only thing I hated about this film was that it showed the ending at the beginning, so there's no real surprise.Of course, this isn't cinema worthy..
Now don't get me wrong, it is horrible when abuse like this happens in the real world.
Abuse is no doubt a subject that should be dealt with care...this movie does not to a good job of that.
First off, starting the movie with the revelation is a bad idea and the film has no surprises after, we know whats going to happen, it all depends on how and when.
Actually whenever someone questions Stacy about bobby she always whines and says "you're just jealous because you can't find love!!!".
If this really is based on a true story than I sincerely hope that the real person was not like this!
Bye is clearly a horrible person and actual physical evidence of abuse Is on her body, but noooo!That aspect is really the only reason the movie get praised, it's based on a true story!
this movie helped me a lot, i was scared to tell my mom about my boyfriend and what he did to me, then i seen this movie and thought to myself that i didn't want to end up like her...
that day i told my friend what my boyfriend did to me and he was put in jail...he is about to get out, but at least now he know's it's wrong what he did to me and that when a girl says no it mean NO...but i just wanted to say it's hard to leave a boyfriend if he hit's you i was beaten and mentally abused and for the longest time i thought i was nothing and only he would love me, but now i'm happy with a guy who has never and well never hit or mentally abuse me and would never basically be like my ex-boyfriend...but thanks bye.
The basic plot line was pretty well explained by everyone so far, but I'll just put it in my own words.Candace Cameron Bure plays Stacy Collins, a sweet and innocent high schooler with a crush on the senior "IT" guy, Bobby, played by Fred Savage.
His buddies tell him that Stacy is the 'nice body' girl, and there starts the relationship.
A disturbing scene is played out at the high school where Bobby tells Stacy that he wouldn't be able to let her go.
Her friend gets tired of hearing only about Bobby and tells Stacy that if all she was going to do was talk about him, she should leave.
He sends his friend Vince after her to calm her down, after which he tells Carla, the other person there, that all that happened was that he and Stacy had argued and she left.
The end sequence showing the abuse that took place, along with a message meant not only for the characters in the story, but also as a message to everyone watching, was very powerful.According to past posts, this movie was based on a true story.
Candace Cameron and Fred Savage leave their days as child stars behind in this 1996 NBC television movie, based on a true story.
Stacy Collins (Cameron) is a junior in high school who is shy and uncertain, but when she begins dating handsome senior and star of the school wrestling team, Bobby Tennison (Savage), she feels loved and protected.
The way Bobby treats his mother, his abusive father's past, and his anger in the wrestling ring are subtle hints of things to come (as is the moment when Stacy takes a shower at Nicky's house - it's pretty obvious that she is being watched).
Heather McComb is the best friend every girl should have, while Michelle Phillips gives just the right amount of balance as the caring but distracted mother who is too busy with work and her own lowlife boyfriend (whom Stacy despises), to realize the dangerous situation her daughter is in.Hopefully, stories like this will raise more awareness - too many people have looked the other way.
Can she stay with him and should she tell someone on him?This was on True Movies 1 today and I never seen it before.
If you seen the likes of Sleeping With The Enemy or Enough or even Safe Havan than these three movies have one thing in common 'Domestic Abuse' in a relationship.
I think this film is 10/10 it relates to how some woman are treated and it shows the justice in what the crime can do it shows that if your so in love with someone you cant see if they are hurting you,you think its doing you good i know my friend was in the same situation until she saw this film.i think the cast was amazing especially Fred Savage i think he is gorgeous and the actress who played Stacey Collins she did it so well the fear in her eyes everything I'm only 16 and i love this film still i only watched this film a couple of month ago and i had to get it its hard to get a tape of it i had to go in to every shop in Oldham Manchester Ashton everywhere until i got it .I read a comment someone thought this film didn't describe why bobby was hitting stacey if u watched it properly he described his dad how he use to hit his mother he then said 'I WONT TURN OUT LIKE HIM' which in fact he does he tells stacey no one wants her and makes her depend on him so she wont leave him but in the end she does leave him and he doesn't like it at the end of it all he makes her leave him for good.........
Great movie based on a true story..
This movie is based on a true story about the murder of Amy Carnevale in 1992.
The movie is very silly, although I really enjoy Fred Savage and Candace Cameron in it.
I hope they never get out.Candace Cameron and Fred Savage give excellent performances in this movie.
An OK movie, but it sends an important message that things like this can really happen..
But most importantly this movie sends a very important message about abusive relationships, don't ask for help or try to escape when it's too late, get help immediately.Candace Cameron (I forget her characters name i thinks it's Stacy) is surprised to find that one of the most athletic and popular boys in school, bobby, has a crush on her.
The girl then finds herself a victim of abuse when bobby hits her for talking to other guys, not doing the things he asks her to do (because she must obey him).
Stacy Collins gets murdered by her abusive boyfriend.
Vince didn't do anything, but Bobby asked Stacy to come with him and she agrees and then they take a walk.
Thanks to Vince Fortner for telling the truth before it was too late, Bobby Tennison was sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder of Stacy Collins.