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An Innocent Man (1989)

An Innocent Man (1989)

Drama Crime Thriller

Falsely accused. Unjustly convicted. Determined to survive on the inside. Demanding justice once he's on the outside.

Release Date: 1989, October 6
Directors: Peter Yates
Countries: United States of America
Production: Touchstone Pictures, Interscope Communications, Silver Screen Partners IV
Cast: Brian Brophy, Tobin Bell, M.C. Gainey, F. Murray Abraham, Philip Baker Hall, Bob Maroff, Jack Orend, Richard Young, Dennis Burkley, James Staszkiel, Bruce A. Young, J.J. Johnston

Overview:

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.

Keywords:

innocent suspect drug crime police corruption mistaken identity crime investigation wrongful arrest innocent in jail