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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story

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.

Top Cast

  • Courtney B. Vance

    Courtney B. Vance

    Clarence Brandley

  • Eamonn Walker

    Eamonn Walker

    Jew Don Boney

  • Gil Bellows

    Gil Bellows

    Mike De Guerin

  • Chuck Shamata

    Chuck Shamata

    Don Brown

  • Joseph Ziegler

    Joseph Ziegler

    James Keeshan

  • Heath Lamberts

    Heath Lamberts

    Judge Perry Pickett

  • Richard Eden

    Richard Eden

    Peter Speers

  • Phillip Jarrett

    Phillip Jarrett

    Rev. Jerry Jones

  • Ted Atherton

    Ted Atherton

    James Robinson

Overview

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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