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False Arrest (1991)

False Arrest poster
Directed by
Bill L. Norton
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 1 episode
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is wrongly accused of conspiring in a double murder. The story follows her fight to prove her innocence as the legal system works against her.

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What happens

False Arrest is a 1991 American television film based on the real-life murders of William Redmond and Helen Phelps and the true story of Joyce Lukezic, who was wrongfully convicted of being one of the masterminds behind the murders. Directed by Bill L. Norton and starring Donna Mills and Steven Bauer, the film was broadcast in two parts on November 3 and 6, 1991. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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