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A Case of Deadly Force (TV)

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Original title

A Case of Deadly Force

Year

1986

Running time

95 min.

Country

United States

Director

Michael Miller

Screenwriter

Book: Lawrence O'Donnell. Play: Dennis Nemec

Cast

Music

Paul Chihara

Cinematography

Kees Van Oostrum

Producer

Telecom Entertainment Inc. Distributor: Alpha Filmes, Herbert Richers Produções Cinematográficas, Highlight Video, RHI Entertainment. Broadcast by: CBS

Genre

Drama | Courtroom Drama / Lawyers. TV Movie

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.

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A Case of Deadly Force (TV)

1986

Michael Miller