persons who committed the crime. Effect on rape awareness Blair cited what she felt was one positive outcome of the film, saying that she thought it made it easier for rape survivors to come forward. Subsequent airing In a response to the incident, re-airings in the late 1970s and 1980s did not air any of the rape sequence. The California rape influenced the establishment of the Family Viewing Hour which became briefly mandatory for the networks in the late 1970s, as the movie was aired at 8 to 9pm Eastern Time, when some children may not have been in bed. Home media After the edited re-airings in the 1980s, the uncut version appeared on VHS in numerous budget-priced editions. In 2004, VCI Entertainment released Born Innocent on DVD with the rape scene included. See also List of American films of 1974 References External links American LGBT-related television films 1974 television films Films directed by Donald Wrye Women in prison films 1970s thriller drama films American thriller drama films 1974 LGBT-related films Films shot in New Mexico 1974 films Works subject to a lawsuit Films about rape NBC network original films Films scored by Fred Karlin Films about runaways 1974 drama films American drama television films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films