In 1957, black lawyer John Williams has to defend his nephew Charlie, who is accused of strangling a white boy to death. John doesn't believe Charlie did it, and although Charlie confesses, John wants to find out the real truth.
11-23-1998
2h 2m
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Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Ernest R. Dickerson
Writer:
Frank Military
Production:
Showtime Films, Neufeld/Rehme Productions
Key Crew
Stunts:
Robert Racki
Stunts:
Bryan J. Thomas
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Patrick Giraudi
Stunt Coordinator:
John Stoneham Jr.
Executive Producer:
Robert Rehme
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Courtney B. Vance
Courtney Bernard Vance (born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. Vance started his career on the Broadway stage in the original productions of August Wilson's Fences in 1985, John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation in 1990 and Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy in 2013 for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He is known for his roles in films such as Hamburger Hill (1987), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Preacher's Wife (1996), Cookie's Fortune (1999), Terminator Genisys (2015), and Isle of Dogs (2018).
Vance is also known for work on television on shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where he portrayed Assistant District Attorney Ron Carver. He also guest-starred on Law & Order, Picket Fences, The Closer, Revenge, Scandal, and Masters of Sex. He won acclaim for his portrayal of Johnnie Cochran in the FX limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He recently appeared in the HBO television film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017), National Geographic's limited series Genius: Aretha (2020), and the HBO drama series Lovecraft Country (2020) the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
He has been married to actress Angela Bassett since 1997. Vance is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City, and is an active supporter of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In 2019, Vance was appointed as the President of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
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Kadeem Hardison (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role Dwayne Wayne on A Different World, a spin-off of the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. He also starred in the Disney Channel series K.C. Undercover as Craig Cooper, the title character's father.
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Lonette McKee (born July 22, 1954) is an American film and television actress, music composer/producer/songwriter, screenwriter and director.
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Peter MacNeill is a Canadian film and television actor who has starred in several TV shows and movies. His film credits have included The Hanging Garden (for which MacNeill won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997), Geraldine's Fortune, Giant Mine, Lives of Girls and Women, The Events Leading Up to My Death, Dog Park, Something Beneath and A History of Violence. On television, he has had roles in Queer as Folk (as Detective Carl Horvath), Katts and Dog (as Sgt. Callahan), Traders (as Frank Larkin) Star Wars: Droids (as Jord Dusat), The Eleventh Hour (as Warren Donohue) and PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Ray Donahue
Zachary Bennett is a Canadian film and television actor and musician, best known for playing the main role of Felix King on the television series "Road to Avonlea". He plays in a band called "Tin Star Orphans".
Louis Di Bianco is a professional screen and stage actor with international credits and more than thirty years experience. He has starred and costarred in a wide variety of dramatic and comic roles in numerous feature films, MOW’s and episodic TV shows. His professional on camera acting classes are in constant demand. As well, he has written two one-act plays, two full-length plays, and a screenplay. Louis Di Bianco is a member of SAG, Equity, and ACTRA. He holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada and works freely in both countries.
