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Director
  
Michael Miller

First episode date
  
April 9, 1986

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Network
  
CBS

Country
  
United States

A Case of Deadly Force movie poster

Release date
  
April 9, 1986

Writer
  
Lawrence ODonnell (book), Dennis Nemec (teleplay)

Cast
  
Richard Crenna
(Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.),
John Shea
(Michael O'Donnell),
Lorraine Toussaint
(Pat Bowden),
Francis X. McCarthy
(Hanna),
Tate Donovan
(Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.),
Anna Maria Horsford
(Virginia Cates)

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A case of deadly force


A Case of Deadly Force is an American made-for-TV drama film that was released on April 9, 1986. The movie was shot in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, starring Richard Crenna, John Shea and Dylan Baker. It was adapted from the book "Deadly Force" by Lawrence O'Donnell.

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Plot

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 an 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 (Lorraine Toussaint) knew her husband would not be carrying a weapon and became determined to prove her husband's innocence. She hired a former cop (Richard Crenna), who had become a lawyer, to prove her case. Working with his four sons (John Shea, Tate Donovan, Tom Isbell, & Dylan Baker), the lawyer team takes on the police force in what eventually proved to be a landmark legal decision.

Cast

  • Richard Crenna as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
  • John Shea as O'Donnell
  • Lorraine Toussaint as Pat Bowden
  • Francis X. McCarthy as Hanna (as Frank McCarthy)
  • Tom Isbell as Billy O'Donnell
  • Dylan Baker as Kevin O'Donnell
  • Michael O'Hare as Joe Miller
  • Tate Donovan as Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.
  • Anna Maria Horsford as Virginia Cates (as Anna Marie Horsford)
  • Anthony Heald as Dave O'Brian

    • References

    A Case of Deadly Force Wikipedia
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