Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Before the Rodney King incident... Lenell Geter had a run in with the justice... Texas style.
1987 · 100 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, TV Movie
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.
Directed by Richard T. Heffron · Written by Harold Gast
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Dorian Harewood Lenell Geter -
Dabney Coleman Ed Sigel -
Hoyt Axton Charlie Hartford -
Dennis Lipscomb Lieutenant Hutchison -
Debbi Morgan Marcia Hickson -
Marshall Colt Andrew Winkler -
Gary Grubbs Martin Nash -
Victor Love Anthony Williams -
Paul Winfield George Hairston - A Alan Ackles Larry Jones
- D Dan Ammerman Judge Schaflin
- N Norman Bennett Wendell Crom
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