An Innocent Man (1989)

Director:

Peter Yates

Writer (WGA):

Larry Brothers (written by)

Release Date:

6 October 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Framed | Police | Corrupt Cop | Drug Dealing

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

Also Known As:

Hard Rain (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | Finland:K-15 (new rating: 2001) | France:U | Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 (original rating) | Norway:18 (video rating) | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

4th Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Interscope Communications

Trivia:

Many of the film's prison scenes were filmed at the old Hamilton County Jail in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Jail, also known as the "Cincinnati Workhouse", had been permanently closed prior to the location filming of the movie. It had been built during the Civil War to house enemy troops and was still in use by Hamilton county and Cincinnati area police agencies as a jail as late as the 1970s. It was closed due to being "inhumane, cruel and unusual" by modern jail standards.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie, when Parnell and Scalise are driving through the parking lot, looking for the drug pickup spot, the front license plate on their T-Bird changes. Initially it has a 2FVDxxx then changes to a 2GRYxxx.

Quotes:

Jimmie Rainwood: All right, you talked and I listened.
Virgil Cane: Hey! HEY! Don't be talkin' out the side of your neck while I'm trying to do you a solid.

Movie Connections:

References "MisteRogers' Neighborhood" (1968)

Have to Stand Up in Here, but not speak up

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.