Where to watch An Innocent Man(1989)

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An Innocent Man plot summary

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

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.

Details

Release date

October 6, 1989

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Directed by

Peter Yates

Country

United States

TMDB rating

6.1 / 10 · 160 votes

An Innocent Man trailer

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Cast

• Tom SelleckJimmie Rainwood
• F. Murray AbrahamVirgil Cane
• Laila RobinsKate Rainwood
• David RascheDetective Mike Parnell LBPD
• Todd GraffRobby
• M.C. GaineyMalcolm
• Peter Van NordenPeter Feldman
• Richard YoungDanny Scalise
• Badja DjolaJohn Fitzgerald
• Bruce A. YoungJingles

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