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Innocent Victims

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This is a pretty good "wrong man" courtroom drama with a handful of known actors. John Corbett is the defendant, Army Sgt. Tim Hennis, who is charged with rape and murder. Rue McClanahan and Hal Holbrook play his parents. Rick Schroeder and Tom Irwin play the defense attorneys.

Hennis is convicted on rather flimsy evidence and spends time in prison until an eventual re-trial, where new evidence is presented and old evidence is reviewed.

It all wraps up a bit too warm and fuzzy with a bit of bad dialogue between the defense attorneys, but is generally entertaining and well made.

Funny that my "play anything" Zenith DVD player does not recognize the disk (out of 500 I have) but it plays fine on my portable Coby and computer drive...

This is a typical made for TV mystery. There are a few moments that you do sympathize with Gary Eastburn, the husband of the murdered woman (played by Ben Browder) and the scene when the youngest Eastburn child is found is heart wrenching. But it is flat in many places and sadly, you never really feel for most of the characters. If you are a fan of Hal Holbrook, Rick Schroeder or John Corbett it is a great way to see these known actors. However, if you are a fan of Rue McClanahan or Ben Browder you will be sadly disappointed. Both of them are underused. As one viewer/reviewer said, it does wrap up a bit too warm and fuzzy. It is based on a true story so you cannot have a "surprise" ending, but overall the story has no surprises at all. There is a bit of bad dialogue and even some overacting. However, Holbrook is great as a father who believes his son is innocent. Because of this, I would have liked to know more about the parents of Sgt. Hennis. Also, I would have liked to know more about Gary Eastman. However, if you like true crime stories, this will be very enjoyable for you.

Our family got to know Gary Eastburn after his tragedy. The book and the TV movie helped us better understand what Gary must have gone through.

when i first got the movie it would not play in one of my dvd players, so i called the company i got it from and they sent another one it did the same thing.......sooooo i got to see the first half of the movie but could never get the second part to play in any dvd player.