

11/03/1981
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.

Hal Holbrook
as John Webster

Dixie Carter
as Billie Webster

James Whitmore Jr.
as Officer Vane

Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Amy Wheeler

Nancy Malone
as Lois Carter

Gary McCleery
as Randy Webster

Barry Corbin
as Nick Hanson

Richard Beauchamp
as Carlos Vega

Dennis Redfield
as Officer A.D. Jakes

John Dennis Johnston
as Officer Bob Draxel

Sondra Blake
as May Wheeler

Sean Penn
as Don Fremont

Robert G. Denison
as D.A. Mike King

Chris Mulkey
as Sonny Manse

Jim Antonio
as Detective

John Chappell
as Chief Newmeyer

Med Flory
as Cort

Robert Phalen
as Foreman

Anthony Edwards
as Tommy Lee Swanson

Scott Paulin
as Tom Curtis

Anne Ramsey
as Martha Dodson, the Landlady

Robert S. Telford
as Olson

Pat Studstill
as Driver

John H. Fields
as Judge

Susan James Berger
as Wife

James Brewer
as Friend

David Cramer
as Instructor

Rhetta Greene
as Ruthie

Cal Haynes
as Hawk

Elizabeth Macey
as Girl

Tom Rayhall
as Bailiff

Larry Swartz
as Clerk

Buck Young
as Client

Billy C. Chandler
as High School Student
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