The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
1h 40m
Running Time
March 11, 1981Release Date
The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)
1h 40m
Running Time
March 11, 1981Release Date
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Plot.
When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and uncovers the fact that the gun found with the boy's body was a "throwdown," a weapon planted by the cops.
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Cast & Crew.
Hal Holbrook
John Webster
Dixie Carter
Billie Webster
James Whitmore Jr.
Officer Vane
Nancy Malone
Lois Carter
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Amy Wheeler
Gary McCleery
Randy Webster
Sam Wanamaker
Director
Scott Swanton
Writer
Barry Corbin
Nick Hanson
Tom Curtis
Writer
Richard Beauchamp
Carlos Vega
Robert A. Gutwillig
Producer
Dennis Redfield
Officer A.D. Jakes
Rosilyn Heller
Producer
John Dennis Johnston
Officer Bob Draxel
Peter Matz
Composer
Sondra Blake
May Wheeler
Sean Penn
Don Fremont
Robert G. Denison
D.A. Mike King
Chris Mulkey
Sonny Manse
Jim Antonio
Detective
John Chappell
Chief Newmeyer
Med Flory
Cort
Robert Phalen
Foreman
Anthony Edwards
Tommy Lee Swanson
Scott Paulin
Tom Curtis
Anne Ramsey
Martha Dodson, the Landlady
Robert S. Telford
Olson
Pat Studstill
Driver
John H. Fields
Judge
Susan James Berger
Wife
James Brewer
Friend
David Cramer
Instructor
Rhetta Greene
Ruthie
Cal Haynes
Hawk
Elizabeth Macey
Girl
Tom Rayhall
Bailiff
Larry Swartz
Clerk
Buck Young
Client
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Ric Rondell
Unit Production Manager
Jules Brenner
Director of Photography
Gary Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Terry Morse Jr.
Supervising Producer
Lorin B. Salob
First Assistant Director
Susan Bluestein
Casting
Greig McRitchie
Assistant Editor
Howard Deane
Editor
Sam Horta
Sound Editor
Roger Gimbel
Executive Producer
James Hulsey
Art Direction
Ira Bates
Set Decoration
Lynn Del Kail
Hairstylist
H. Bud Otto
Script Supervisor
Allan K. Rosen
Music Editor
Richard Raguse
Sound Mixer
C. Robert Holloway
Location Manager
Paul Cameron
Production Executive
Ray Gomez
Second Assistant Director
Susan Gallegly
Production Coordinator
Details.
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Wiki.
The Killing of Randy Webster is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film based on a true story starring Hal Holbrook, Dixie Carter, James Whitmore Jr., Jennifer Jason Leigh and Sean Penn. Fact-based story of a father's tireless investigation into the killing of his teenage son by Houston police in a stolen van chase, prompted by his inability to accept police claims that the boy was carrying a gun.
It originally aired March 11, 1981 on CBS.