Drama ·TV Movie · United States of America · 1987 · 1h 40m

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

Director

Cast

Dorian Harewood as Lenell Geter Dabney Coleman as Ed Sigel Hoyt Axton as Charlie Hartford Dennis Lipscomb as Lieutenant Hutchison Debbi Morgan as Marcia Hickson Marshall Colt as Andrew Winkler

Crew

Robert C. Jessup — Director of Photography Scott C. Eyler — Editor Harold Gast — Screenplay Fern Field — Producer Joan Thomas — Costume Design

Tagline

Before the Rodney King incident... Lenell Geter had a run in with the justice... Texas style.

Synopsis

This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought that he would eventually be released. But he was in jail for 18 months until a lawyer from the NAACP was brought to assist in his case.

Mood & Themes

based on true story wrongful conviction

Key Collaborators

Richard T. Heffron Director Robert C. Jessup Director of Photography Scott C. Eyler Editor Harold Gast Screenplay Fern Field Producer Joan Thomas Costume Design

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