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Overview

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6.2/10   2,099 votes
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Director:
Peter Yates
Writer (WGA):
Larry Brothers (written by)
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Release Date:
6 October 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
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... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
quite good more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hard Rain (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
113 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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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. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The plexiglass piece used to make the shank is obviously much thicker than the rest of the broken window. more
Quotes:
Detective Mike Parnell LBPD: [wielding switchblade] I'm gonna cut you in half!
Jimmie Rainwood: I wouldn't bet on that.
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Movie Connections:
References "MisteRogers' Neighborhood" (1968) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
quite good, 10 December 2005
Author: mattkratz (themattk@hotmail.com) from Richardson, TX

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.

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When it was time for Rainwood to take out Jingles... adamaf34
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