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The Avenging Angel (1995) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Avenging Angel
director: Craig R. Baxley actor: Tom Berenger / James Coburn
other title: L'angelo vendicatore / Die Heiligen der letzten Tage
Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involving assassination and land speculation.
A Case of Deadly Force (1986) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Case of Deadly Force
director: Michael Miller actor: Richard Crenna / John Shea
other title: Im Netz der Gewalt / Un caso de fuerza mayor
Fact-based story about a 1975 cover-up of a shooting by two white members of the Boston Tactical Unit. While on stakeout on a suspected getaway car used in a armed robbery, the two gunned down a black man who entered the car. The two claimed the man had a gun and they shot in self-defense. Police investigation decided it was a rightful shooting. The man's widow knew her husband would not be carrying a weapon and became determined to prove her husband's innocence. She hired a former cop who had become a lawyer to prove her case. Working with his four sons, the lawyer team takes on the police force in what eventually proved to be a landmark legal decision. Written by John Sacksteder
Murder in Coweta County (1983) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Murder in Coweta County
director: Gary Nelson actor: Johnny Cash / Andy Griffith
other title: Mord im falschen Bezirk / Meurtre à Coweta County
Wallace a wealthy landowner in Meriwether County, Georgia, has virtually unlimited power in the county, including having the sheriff under his control. When he murders a share cropper he thinks that he is powerful enough to get away with it. Because the act of murder took place in Coweta County, it is under the jurisdiction of the Coweta County sheriff who hunts the murderer without trepidation.
A Fire in the Sky (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Fire in the Sky
other title: Feuer aus dem All / Du Feu dans le ciel
Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.