Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)
1h 48m
Running Time
April 21, 2002Release Date
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)
1h 48m
Running Time
April 21, 2002Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Courtney B. Vance
Clarence Brandley
Eamonn Walker
Jew Don Boney
Gil Bellows
Mike De Guerin
Chuck Shamata
Don Brown
Joseph Ziegler
James Keeshan
Heath Lamberts
Judge Perry Pickett
Richard Eden
Peter Speers
Phillip Jarrett
Rev. Jerry Jones
Details.
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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story is a 2002 biographical film directed by Tony Bill and starring Courtney B. Vance. It tells the true story of Clarence Brandley, who was wrongly convicted for the rape and murder of Cheryl Dee Fergeson in 1981.
The film was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, but it lost to The Rosa Parks Story.