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09/04/1986 Drama, TV Movie, Crime 1h 35m
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Overview

Fact-based story about a 1975 cover-up of a shooting by two white members of the Boston Tactical Unit. While on stakeout on a suspected getaway car used in a armed robbery, the two gunned down a black man who entered the car. The two claimed the man had a gun and they shot in self-defense. Police investigation decided it was a rightful shooting. The man's widow knew her husband would not be carrying a weapon and became determined to prove her husband's innocence. She hired a former cop who had become a lawyer to prove her case. Working with his four sons, the lawyer team takes on the police force in what eventually proved to be a landmark legal decision. Written by John Sacksteder

  1. Michael Miller

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Richard Crenna

    Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.

  2. John Shea

    Michael O'Donnell

  3. Lorraine Toussaint

    Pat Bowden

  4. Francis X. McCarthy

    Hanna

  5. Tate Donovan

    Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.

  6. Anna Maria Horsford

    Virginia Cates

  7. Anthony Heald

    Dave O'Brian

  8. Dylan Baker

    Kevin O'Donnell

  9. Michael O'Hare

    Joe Miller

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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