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A Case of Deadly Force
Released April 09, 1986Runtime 1h 35min

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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  • Drama
  • TV Movie
  • Crime
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      Cast
      posterRichard CrennaLawrence O'Donnell Sr.
      posterJohn SheaMichael O'Donnell
      posterLorraine ToussaintPat Bowden
      posterFrancis X. McCarthyHanna
      posterTate DonovanLawrence O'Donnell Jr.
      posterAnna Maria HorsfordVirginia Cates
      posterAnthony HealdDave O'Brian
      posterDylan BakerKevin O'Donnell
      posterMichael O’HareJoe Miller
      posterFred J. ScollayJudge Skinner
      posterPaul O'BrienKen Mooney
      posterTom KempJack Finnegan
      posterJohn ProskyPhil Cochran
      posterPaul D'AmatoMike Fagan
      posterPeter GeretyBobby Doyle
      Crew
      posterMichael MillerDirector
      posterDennis NemecTeleplay
      posterBruce S. PustinProducer
      posterKees Van OostrumDirector of Photography
      posterJane CavedonSet Decoration
      posterCarol RamseyCostume Design
      posterPaul FriedEditor
      posterPaul ChiharaOriginal Music Composer
      posterSuzanne CavedonProduction Design