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An Innocent Man

Falsely accused. Unjustly convicted. Determined to survive on the inside. Demanding justice once he's on the outside.

6.1(160)19891h 53m5

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$20M
Language
English
  • drug crime
  • mistaken identity
  • police corruption
  • wrongful arrest
  • crime investigation
  • innocent in jail
  • innocent suspect

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Behind the camera

Director

Peter Yates

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR6 Oct 1989
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical12 Apr 1990
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1626 Apr 1990
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical162 Dec 2003
  • TürkiyeTR

    • Theatrical17 Aug 1990

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An Innocent Man was released on 6 October 1989.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    5/23/2016

    7/10

    That's Virgil Cane man, Lone Ranger ain't got nothing on him. James Rainwood (Tom Selleck) is a real stand up guy, with a loving wife and in a dream job with a company that just couldn't cope without him. His life is just dandy, That is until two corrupt cops make a mistake and burst into his home believing it to be host to a drug deal. Thinking his hairdryer is a gun, one of the cops shoots Rainwood and it's the…

  • K

    kevin2019

    7/11/2025

    8/10

    "An Innocent Man" draws on every person's secret fear: what would you do if there was a gross miscarriage of justice and you suddenly find yourself being imprisoned? This film does a competent and realistic job of essaying an innocent man's life behind bars and you could say it makes use of the expected cliche of Jimmie Rainwood's greatest challenge being his day-to-day struggle to survive at the remorseless hands of…

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