Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
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Tony Bill
Charles-henry Joseph
Stephanie Knight Thomas
David Talbot
Courtney B. Vance
Brian Paul
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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.
Director
Tony Bill
Cast
Charles-henry Joseph
Stephanie Knight Thomas
David Talbot
Courtney B. Vance
Brian Paul
Richard Eden
Ted Atherton
Aaron Cohen
Phillip Jarrett
Andrea Pinnock
Melinda Dahl
Paul A Macfarlane
Lloyd White
Bruce Mcfee
Dereck Mcgrath
Christie Macfadyen
Stacy Grant
Kirsten Kieferle
Barbara Barnes-hopkins
Barry Stilwell
Donzaleigh Abernathy
Gil Bellows
Jennifer Irwin
Beau Starr
Eamonn Walker
Sharon Mcfarlane
Chuck Shamata
Ken Kramer
Ian Ryan
Heath Lamberts
Joseph Ziegler
Doug Lennox
Kelly Turner
Michelle Moffett
Ker Wells
Kathryn Haggis
Chris Collins
Camille Lawrence
Rufus Crawford
Scott Mccord
Lawrence King Phillips
Ron White
Mark Taylor
Joe Bostick
Gary Brennan
Patrick Patterson
Terry Harford
Crew
David Block
Ian Brock
Sarah Campbell
Nick Davies
Stephanie Gorin
Axel Hubert
Brock Jolliffe
Jean Lepine
Abby Mann
Abby Mann
Patrick Mark
Michelle Mundy
Van Dyke Parks
Bryan Renfro
Andrew Shea
Stephen J Turnbull
Stephen J Turnbull
April Webster
Julie Whitfield
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Nominated for the 2003 Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special by the NAACP.
Aired in United States April 21, 2002
Previous title: "White Lies."
