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A Case of Deadly Force

DramaTV MovieCrime
April 9, 19861h 35m8.0 / 10
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

Director
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Michael Miller
Cast
Richard Crenna
Richard CrennaLawrence O'Donnell Sr.
John Shea
John SheaMichael O'Donnell
Lorraine Toussaint
Lorraine ToussaintPat Bowden
Francis X. McCarthy
Francis X. McCarthyHanna
Tate Donovan
Tate DonovanLawrence O'Donnell Jr.
Anna Maria Horsford
Anna Maria HorsfordVirginia Cates
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