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A Case of Deadly Force

A Case of Deadly Force

Drama, TV Movie, Crime

1h 35m

April 9, 1986 (39 years ago)

Overview

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

ActorAge thenAge now
Richard Crenna

Richard Crenna

Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.

Birthday: November 30, 1926

59 January 17, 2003 (76)
John Shea

John Shea

Michael O'Donnell

Birthday: April 14, 1949

3676
Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint

Pat Bowden

Birthday: April 4, 1960

2665
Francis X. McCarthy

Francis X. McCarthy

Hanna

Birthday: February 15, 1942

4483
Tate Donovan

Tate Donovan

Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.

Birthday: September 25, 1963

2261
Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford

Virginia Cates

Birthday: March 6, 1947

3978
Anthony Heald

Anthony Heald

Dave O'Brian

Birthday: August 25, 1944

4181
Dylan Baker

Dylan Baker

Kevin O'Donnell

Birthday: October 7, 1959

2665
Michael O’Hare

Michael O’Hare

Joe Miller

Birthday: May 6, 1952

33 September 28, 2012 (60)
Fred J. Scollay

Fred J. Scollay

Judge Skinner

Birthday: -

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