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A Case of Deadly Force (1986)
Directed by Michael Miller
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
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Richard Crenna | John Shea | Lorraine Toussaint | Francis X. McCarthy | Tate Donovan | Anna Maria Horsford | Anthony Heald | Dylan Baker | Michael O’Hare | Fred J. Scollay | Paul O'Brien | Tom Kemp | John Prosky | Paul D'Amato | Peter Gerety