Whitewash The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)

Name: Whitewash The Clarence Brandley Story
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 1 hr 48 min
Cast: Courtney B. Vance, Eamonn Walker, Gil Bellows, Chuck Shamata, Joseph Ziegler

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NR 1 hr 48 minApr 21st, 2002Drama

Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16yearold white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson Brandley worked at Conroe High School where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the Belleville High School volleyball team Three days after her body was discovered Brandley was arrested as the murderer Jew Don Boney a popular activist and Houston city council member leads the fight to uncover the truth about the Ferguson murder Mike DeGeurin a Texas attorney is brought in to act as the head defense attorney for Brandley and is joined by a former minister Jim McCloskey The lawyers discover that not only is there a complete lack of evidence against Brandley but the District Attorney James Keeshan has been strategizing with the presiding judge After nine years in prison three trials and a stay of execution that saved Brandleys life justice finally prevails as Brandley is granted his freedom

StarringCourtney B. VanceEamonn WalkerGil Bellows

DirectorTony Bill

WriterAbby Mann

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