A Case of Deadly Force (1986)

ALL 04/09/1986 (en) Drama, TV Movie, Crime 95 Min
  • Release
    04/09/1986
  • Production
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  • Original title
    A Case of Deadly Force
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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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

  1. Michael Miller

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Paul Fried

    Editor

  4. Bruce S. Pustin

    Producer



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  1. Richard Crenna

    Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.

  2. John Shea

    Michael O'Donnell

  3. Lorraine Toussaint

    Pat Bowden

  4. Francis X. McCarthy

    Hanna

  5. Tate Donovan

    Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.

  6. Anna Maria Horsford

    Virginia Cates

  7. Anthony Heald

    Dave O'Brian

  8. Dylan Baker

    Kevin O'Donnell

  9. Michael O’Hare

    Joe Miller

  10. Fred J. Scollay

    Judge Skinner

  11. Paul O'Brien

    Ken Mooney

  12. Tom Kemp

    Jack Finnegan

  13. John Prosky

    Phil Cochran

  14. Paul D'Amato

    Mike Fagan

  15. Peter Gerety

    Bobby Doyle

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 15 , Crews : 9

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A Case of Deadly Force (1986) 95 Min

ALL 04/09/1986 (en)
Drama, TV Movie, Crime
  • Release 04/09/1986
  • Production
  • Original title A Case of Deadly Force
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

  1. Michael Miller

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Paul Fried

    Editor

  4. Bruce S. Pustin

    Producer