A Case of Deadly Force
Drama
TV Movie
Crime
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
1986-04-09
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Cast
Richard Crenna as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
John Shea as Michael O'Donnell
Lorraine Toussaint as Pat Bowden
Francis X. McCarthy as Hanna
Tate Donovan as Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.
Anna Maria Horsford as Virginia Cates
Anthony Heald as Dave O'Brian
Dylan Baker as Kevin O'Donnell
Michael O'Hare as Joe Miller
Fred J. Scollay as Judge Skinner
Paul O'Brien as Ken Mooney
Tom Kemp as Jack Finnegan
John Prosky as Phil Cochran
Paul D'Amato as Mike Fagan
Peter Gerety as Bobby Doyle