Framed (1975 film)

Framed is a 1974 film directed by Phil Karlson and stars Joe Don Baker and Conny Van Dyke.

Returning home to Tennessee from a trip to Texas, nightclub owner and gambler Ron Lewis happens across a shooting and is nearly shot himself. A deputy determines that Lewis is involved and roughs him up, resulting in a fight that ends up in the deputy being badly beaten and Lewis placed under arrest.Corrupt cops, including a thieving sheriff, and lawyers including his own ignore Lewis claim of selfdefense and railroad him into a prison sentence of up toyears. His girlfriend Susan is sexually assaulted and warned not to aid Lewis defense in any way. ........

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