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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

04/21/2002

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1hr 48min

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Drama

STORY

Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old 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 Brandley's life, justice finally prevails as Brandley is granted his freedom.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Courtney B. Vance
  • Eamonn Walker
  • Gil Bellows
  • Chuck Shamata
  • Joseph Ziegler

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Paramount Television
    • Showtime Networks

      Production Countries

    • United States of America

    LANGUAGES

    • English

    Cast

    Courtney B. Vance

    Clarence Brandley

    Eamonn Walker

    Jew Don Boney

    Gil Bellows

    Mike De Guerin

    Chuck Shamata

    Don Brown

    Joseph Ziegler

    James Keeshan

    Heath Lamberts

    Judge Perry Pickett

    Richard Eden

    Peter Speers

    Phillip Jarrett

    Rev. Jerry Jones

    Ted Atherton

    James Robinson