Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)
Synopsis
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the Belleville High School volleyball team. Three days after her body was discovered, Brandley was arrested as the murderer. Jew Don Boney, a popular activist and Houston city council member, leads the fight to uncover the truth about the Ferguson murder. Mike DeGeurin, a Texas attorney, is brought in to act as the head defense attorney for Brandley, and is joined by a former minister, Jim McCloskey. The lawyers discover that not only is there a complete lack of evidence against Brandley, but the District Attorney, James Keeshan, has been strategizing with the presiding judge. After nine years in prison, three trials and a stay of execution that saved Brandley's life, justice finally prevails as Brandley is granted his freedom.
Release Date: 2002-04-21
Runtime: 108 minutes
Director: Tony Bill
Top Cast
- Courtney B. Vance as Clarence Brandley
- Eamonn Walker as Jew Don Boney
- Gil Bellows as Mike De Guerin
- Chuck Shamata as Don Brown
- Joseph Ziegler as James Keeshan
- Heath Lamberts as Judge Perry Pickett
- Richard Eden as Peter Speers
- Phillip Jarrett as Rev. Jerry Jones
- Ted Atherton as James Robinson
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