The Ambush Murders (1982)
An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him.
Top billed cast
James BrolinPaul Marshall
Dorian HarewoodRay Ellsworth
Alfre WoodardKarisha Ellsworth
Robert G. DenisonBarnes
Louis GiambalvoGlenn Landis
Amy MadiganMolly Slavin
John McLiamJudge Collier
Teddy WilsonJay King
Marc AlaimoGarza
John CalvinDennis Bowie
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