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. View more details
Directed : Michael Miller
Written : Lawrence O'Donnell Dennis Nemec
Stars : Richard Crenna John Shea Lorraine Toussaint Francis X. McCarthy
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 8, 1986
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Production companies : Telecom Entertainment Inc.
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. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 8, 1986
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Filming locations : Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Production companies : Telecom Entertainment Inc.
