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An Innocent Man is a 1989 American crime drama thriller film directed by Peter Yates, and starring Tom Selleck. The film follows James Rainwood, an airline mechanic sent to prison when framed by crooked police officers.
Oct 6, 1989 · An Innocent Man: Directed by Peter Yates. With Tom Selleck, F. Murray Abraham, Laila Robins, David Rasche. A man is framed by two corrupt cops for drugs. After he gets out of prison, he comes after them.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Peter Yates
- 1989-10-06
Railroaded to prison, a family man (Tom Selleck) learns from another inmate (F. Murray Abraham) how to survive until he is released. Rent An Innocent Man on Fandango at Home, Prime Video,...
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- Peter Yates
- R
- Tom Selleck
Three years pass. Out on parole, the hero tries to pick up the reins of his life again. But the crooked cops won't go away. They visit Selleck's home, insult his wife, and tell him that as a parole violator he's at their mercy.
Jimmie Rainwood is an ordinary man whose life is turned upside down when two (corrupt) cops, who took down the wrong address, bursts into his house, thinking that there would be drugs. To cover themselves up, they place a gun in Rainwood's hand and drugs all over his house.
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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An Innocent Man, is a 1989 crime thriller film directed by Peter Yates, and starring Tom Selleck. The film follows James Rainwood, an airline mechanic sent to prison when framed by crooked police officers.