Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002)

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

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

Ted Atherton

James Robinson

Beau Starr

Ranger Styles

Director & Crew

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