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An Innocent Man
Crime · Drama · Thriller · 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.
Movie details
An Innocent Man
“Falsely accused. Unjustly convicted. Determined to survive on the inside. Demanding justice once he's on the outside.”
1989 Crime · Drama · Thriller 1h 53m
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TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over An Innocent Man?
For the defence
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Peter Yates
Written by
Larry Brothers
Tom Selleck
Jimmie Rainwood
F. Murray Abraham
Virgil Cane
Laila Robins
Kate Rainwood
David Rasche
Detective Mike Parnell LBPD
Todd Graff
Robby
M.C. Gainey
Malcolm
Peter Van Norden
Peter Feldman
Court is in session
Put An Innocent Man on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.