A Case of Deadly Force

A Case of Deadly Force (1986)


  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie, Crime
  • Release Date: 1986-04-09
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Director: Michael Miller

Summary

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

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  • 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

  • Paul O'Brien

    as Ken Mooney

  • Tom Kemp

    as Jack Finnegan

  • John Prosky

    as Phil Cochran

  • Paul D'Amato

    as Mike Fagan

  • Peter Gerety

    as Bobby Doyle
Directing Michael Miller Director
Writing Dennis Nemec Teleplay
Production Bruce S. Pustin Producer
Sound Paul Chihara Original Music Composer
Camera Kees Van Oostrum Director of Photography
Editing Paul Fried Editor
Art Suzanne Cavedon Production Design
Art Jane Cavedon Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Carol Ramsey Costume Design

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