An Innocent Man (1989)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Peter Yates

Writer (WGA):

Larry Brothers (written by)

Release Date:

6 October 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Two cops on the take just made the biggest mistake of their lives. They framed An Innocent Man

Plot:

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Framed | Police | Corrupt Cop | Drug Dealing

Cast

Tom Selleck	...	Jimmie Rainwood
F. Murray Abraham	...	Virgil Cane
Laila Robins	...	Kate Rainwood
David Rasche	...	Detective Mike Parnell LBPD
Richard Young	...	Detective Danny Scalise LBPD
Badja Djola	...	Detective John Fitzgerald, Internal Affairs LBPD
Todd Graff	...	Robby, Con
M.C. Gainey	...	Malcolm, Con
Peter Van Norden	...	Peter Feldman, Rainwood's Attorney
Bruce A. Young	...	Jingles, Con
James T. Morris	...	Junior
Terry Golden	...	Felix, Con
Dennis Burkley	...	Butcher, Con
Thomas B. Kackert	...	Dove
Vito Peterson	...	Handjob

Also Known As:

Hard Rain (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | UK:18 | Spain:18 | Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | France:U | Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 (original rating) | Norway:18 (video rating) | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

4th Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

In the final scene where Parnell and Scalise are negotiating with Malcolm in the parking lot of the Long Beach marina, if you listen carefully you can hear the carrousel band organ from Disneyland playing the Dumbo suite. This film is one of the earlier pictures from Touchstone. Touchstone is also one of the Disney film labels.

Goofs:

Continuity: The plexiglass piece used to make the shank is obviously much thicker than the rest of the broken window.

Quotes:

Detective Mike Parnell LBPD: [wielding switchblade] I'm gonna cut you in half!
Jimmie Rainwood: I wouldn't bet on that.

Movie Connections:

References "MisteRogers' Neighborhood" (1968)

quite good

I think this was a good film about being framed and getting revenge. Tom Selleck is great in his role as the title character. Two crooked cops make a mistake (in more ways than one) when they go to the wrong address expecting to find a drug dealer, break into his house, mistake a hair dryer he is carrying for a gun, and shoot him. They then realize that they are at the wrong house and try to amend their mistake by framing Selleck as a drug dealer. Everything goes their way, and Selleck winds up in prison. Three years later, he is paroled and seeks revenge. During those three years, he is faced with the harsh realities of prison life and is beaten up more than once. F. Murray Abraham is there for him, fortunately, and helps him survive. (Abraham plays another inmate.) I liked this film even though it did follow a formula and was a typical revenge type movie. It was a great role for Selleck, who was perfect in his part.

** 1/2 out of ****