The Wronged Man

Oct 7, 2010

1h 26m

★ 6.1

Would you give up 20 years to prove a stranger's innocence?

Overview

Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African-American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a neighborhood girl. Eventually convinced of his innocence, Janet takes Calvin's pro bono case and wages a dramatic and stormy 22-year battle with the justice system that ultimately redeems an unjustly accused man and cements a life-long friendship.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Sony Pictures Television

Lifetime

The Wronged Man Trailers

Cast

Janet Gregory

Julia Ormond

Calvin Willis

Mahershala Ali

Michelle Willis

Lisa Arrindell

Randy Arthur

Bruce McKinnon

Leroy Matthews

Omar J. Dorsey

Tina

Rhoda Griffis

Shelton

Lucius Baston

Ms. Newton

Tonea Stewart

Wayne

Russell Durham Comegys

Joseph Dorgan

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