Miscreant

Oct 11, 2018

0h 10m

★ 6.0

"We have one dead lawyer, one dead criminal, one dead cop, and one living law student..."

Overview

A young law school student explains to detectives just how he came to be found in a house with three dead bodies.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Roughneck Film Productions

Miscreant Trailers

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Cast

Detective Lambert

Barry Shabaka Henley

Officer Brittney Williams

Erica Eynon

John Gallagher

Bobby C. King

Anderson McCarthy

Sean Ormond

David Strauss / Public Defender

Rafael Cabrera

Detective Abrams

Brett Rickaby

Uncle Billy

Kevin Masterson

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