An Innocent Man
1989
113 Min
Synopsis
Airline employee Jimmie Rainwood (Tom Selleck) struggles to piece his life together after two crooked cops (David Rasche and Richard Young) bash down the wrong door, mistake Jimmie for a drug dealer and shoot him. To cover up, they frame Jimmie, who ends up in jail for three years. He survives the ravages of prison with the help of an old-timer (F. Murray Abraham), but finds he needs jailhouse tactics when he’s freed to try to clear his name.
Director
Peter Yates
Yates began staging plays in the British provinces at the age of 19 and worked as an assistant to J. Lee Thompson and Tony Richardson in the early 1960s. He then alternated between film and TV work and made his feature debut with “Summer Holiday” (1963). Yates’ early work exhibited a talent for fast-paced action, reflected in such films as “Bullitt” (1968), which included one of the most harrowing car chases ever filmed, and “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” (1973). In a change of pace, he directed the coming-of-age comedy-drama “Breaking Away” (1979). During the 1980s Yates crafted a number of fine, character-driven studies such as “The Dresser” (1983) with Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney, “Eleni” (1985) and “Suspect” (1987). In the 90s, he worked sporadically, helming “Roommates” with Peter Falk, and reuniting with Finney for the Irish drama “The Run of the Country” (both 1995). —TCM.com
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15Jan12
ridiculous but enjoyable in a waste of time sort of way. I stress the ridiculous part.