The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

Feb 18, 1999

1h 43m

★ 5.7

Overview

Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminating in a judicial enquiry into the event itself and also the inadequacies of the ensuing investigation by the London Metropolitan Police.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

ITV Studios

GBH

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Cast

Doreen Lawrence

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Neville Lawrence

Hugh Quarshie

Stephen Lawrence

Leon Black

Stuart Lawrence

Ashley Walters

Georgina Lawrence

Millicent Gezi

Duwayne Brooks

Joseph Kpobie

Uncle

Brian Bovell

Cheryl Stoley

Jo Martin

DCS Ilsley

Michael Feast

Michael Mansfield QC

Kenneth Cranham

Sir Paul Condon

David Calder

Imran Khan

Shaun Chawdhary

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