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An Innocent Man

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1989 | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With middling reviews (44% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a lukewarm 6.1 out of 10 from audiences, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Training Day or The Rip, start here.
The mood
Tense, dark and gritty.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 53 min.
What might put you off
Rated R: expect drug use.

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    44% on Rotten Tomatoes, 39 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesBelow par

    6.1 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $20 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 45K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Peter Yates

  • Tom SelleckJimmie Rainwood
  • F. Murray AbrahamVirgil Cane
  • Laila RobinsKate Rainwood
  • David RascheDetective Mike Parnell LBPD
  • Todd GraffRobby
  • M.C. GaineyMalcolm
  • Peter Van NordenPeter Feldman
  • Richard YoungDanny Scalise
  • Badja DjolaJohn Fitzgerald
  • Bruce A. YoungJingles