
About the film

A Case of Deadly Force
Release Date: April 09, 1986
Year | : | 1986 |
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Genres | : | Drama, TV Movie, Crime |
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Director | : | Michael Miller |
Producers | : | Bruce S. Pustin |
Writers | : | Dennis Nemec |
RunTime | : | 95 mins. |
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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