A man is framed by two corrupt cops for drugs. After he gets out of prison, he comes after them.
Director:
Peter YatesWriter:
Larry Brothers
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Tom Selleck | ... | Jimmie Rainwood | |
| F. Murray Abraham | ... | Virgil Cane | |
| Laila Robins | ... | Kate Rainwood | |
| David Rasche | ... | Mike Parnell | |
| Richard Young | ... | Danny Scalise | |
| Badja Djola | ... | John Fitzgerald | |
| Todd Graff | ... | Robby | |
| M.C. Gainey | ... | Malcolm | |
| Peter Van Norden | ... | Peter Feldman | |
| Bruce A. Young | ... | Jingles | |
| James T. Morris | ... | Junior | |
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Terry Golden | ... | Felix |
| Dennis Burkley | ... | Butcher | |
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Thomas B. Kackert | ... | Dove |
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Vito Peterson | ... | Handjob |
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Plot Synopsis
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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. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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Two cops on the take just made the biggest mistake of their lives. They framed An Innocent ManParents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 October 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Hard Rain See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$5,700,000, 9 October 1989Gross USA:
$20,047,604Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$20,047,604Company Credits
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Detective Danny Scalise LBPD: You're gonna have to learn to start expressing your feelings, Mike. You're just a ball of repression.
[Parnell laughs]
Detective Mike Parnell LBPD: I'll give you repression. Right here's your repression...
[feigns punch]
Detective Mike Parnell LBPD: BOOM!
[Scalise laughs]
Detective John Fitzgerald, Internal Affairs LBPD: Hey boys! We need to talk!
Detective Mike Parnell LBPD: [to Scalise] Well, look who's here.
Detective John Fitzgerald, Internal Affairs LBPD: Off the record. Kate Rainwood...
[...]
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Written by Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance and Diane Warren
Performed by Joe Cocker
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with CEMA Special Markets
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Richard Young, who plays Danny Scalise in this film, also played Fedora in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, both films 1989. Tom Selleck, who stars in this movie was originally cast to play Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but was unable to do so, due to his contract on Magnum, P. I. See more »Goofs
When Jimmy arrives home on the night of the bust, he closes his car door with the window down and then uses his keys to lock the car door. Locking the door using the keys with the window open is not necessary nor is it effective. See more »Quotes
Detective Mike Parnell LBPD: [Parnell and Scalise are walking back to their car on a side street after dinner, not knowing Fitzgerald is waiting for them] I gotta stop eating that Cuban food! It's ripping up my insides... ow!Detective Danny Scalise LBPD: You're gonna have to learn to start expressing your feelings, Mike. You're just a ball of repression.
[Parnell laughs]
Detective Mike Parnell LBPD: I'll give you repression. Right here's your repression...
[feigns punch]
Detective Mike Parnell LBPD: BOOM!
[Scalise laughs]
Detective John Fitzgerald, Internal Affairs LBPD: Hey boys! We need to talk!
Detective Mike Parnell LBPD: [to Scalise] Well, look who's here.
Detective John Fitzgerald, Internal Affairs LBPD: Off the record. Kate Rainwood...
[...]
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Alternate Versions
Network television version used several alternate takes of scenes, with milder language. See more »Soundtracks
When the Night ComesWritten by Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance and Diane Warren
Performed by Joe Cocker
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with CEMA Special Markets
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I caught this movie one night on TV, unplanned, but stayed with it to find out how this guy gets out of the trap that others dishonestly put him in -- see how the evidence played out. I was hooked on a "memorable quote" in the movie during the prison stay where Tom Selleck's inmate friend told him during mealtime that "you don't have to speak up in here, but you have to stand up!" Gave me a personal motto that stayed with me.
I liked the story. It kept me watching; and I appreciated that Tom's wife stayed with him and believed in him and that the detective who helped him pursue the bad guys believed in him.