An Innocent Man (1989)

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.

Directed by: Peter Yates

Cast: Tom Selleck, F. Murray Abraham, Laila Robins, David Rasche, Todd Graff, M.C. Gainey, Peter Van Norden, Richard Young, Badja Djola, Bruce A. Young, James T. Morris, Terry Golden

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rating: 5.5/10

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