The Runaway (2000)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 2000-12-10
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writers: Terry Kay , Ron Raley
Language: English
Stars: Dean Cain , Pat Hingle , Debbi Morgan , Kathryn Erbe , Cliff De Young , Roxanne Hart , Cody Newton , Duane McLaughlin , Maya Angelou , Robinne Lee
Runtime: 100 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Отступник (Russian Federation) , The Runaway , Az igazság nyomában (Hungary) , Le prix du courage (Canada) , Em Busca da Justiça (Brazil) , Los fugitivos (Spain) , Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Runaway (#50.2) (United States of America) , The Runaway (United States of America) , Le prix du courage (France, French Republic)
Plot: In a Dixie small-town, the late sheriff was quite content to preside over a truly segregated community. There the rich brothers, Harlan and Mason Davis, are lords. His successor, Word War II veteran Frank Richards, has a more modern view on justice and equality, which doesn't help his social acceptance anywhere. He also has doubts about the mysterious masked 'peg-leg' to whom all murders where ascribed. Harlan is shot after an african-american boy threats him with a gun to stop his old-fashioned 'liberalities'. Frank and the prosecutor's retired dad, agree to act as defense council, investigate, cued by the boy's Caucasian playmate, Luke Winter, and turn both case and town around.
IMDB:tt0236701