A Case of Deadly Force (1986)
Synopsis
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
Release Date: 1986-04-09
Runtime: 95 minutes
Director: Michael Miller
Top Cast
- Richard Crenna as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
- John Shea as Michael O'Donnell
- Lorraine Toussaint as Pat Bowden
- Francis X. McCarthy as Hanna
- Tate Donovan as Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.
- Anna Maria Horsford as Virginia Cates
- Anthony Heald as Dave O'Brian
- Dylan Baker as Kevin O'Donnell
- Michael O'Hare as Joe Miller
- Fred J. Scollay as Judge Skinner
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