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An Innocent Man
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An Innocent Man

1989-10-06 · 113 min · ★ 6.1

Crime · Drama · Thriller

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.

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Directors
Peter Yates
Production companies
Touchstone Pictures, Interscope Communications, Silver Screen Partners IV
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 20,047,604

Top Cast

Tom SelleckTom SelleckJimmie Rainwood
F. Murray AbrahamF. Murray AbrahamVirgil Cane
Laila RobinsLaila RobinsKate Rainwood
David RascheDavid RascheDetective Mike Parnell LBPD
Todd GraffTodd GraffRobby
M.C. GaineyM.C. GaineyMalcolm
Peter Van NordenPeter Van NordenPeter Feldman
Richard YoungRichard YoungDanny Scalise
Badja DjolaBadja DjolaJohn Fitzgerald
Bruce A. YoungBruce A. YoungJingles
James T. MorrisJunior
Terry GoldenFelix
Dennis BurkleyDennis BurkleyButcher
Charle LandryStevie
Tobin BellTobin BellZeke
Scott JaeckScott JaeckAlbert
Holly FulgerHolly FulgerYvonne
Philip Baker HallPhilip Baker HallJudge Kenneth Lavet
J. Kenneth CampbellJ. Kenneth CampbellLieutenant Freebery
Jim OrtliebJim OrtliebConvict - Robby's Death

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