Reversible Errors (film)

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Reversible Errors
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Based on Reversible Errors
by Scott Turow
Screenplay by Alan Sharp
Directed byMike Robe
Starring William H. Macy
Tom Selleck
Monica Potter
Felicity Huffman
James Rebhorn
Shemar Moore
Glenn Plummer
Ron Canada
Theme music composer Laura Karpman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersMike Robe
Peter Sadowski
Randy Sutter
CinematographyDerick V. Underschultz
EditorTod Feuerman
Running time173 minutes
Production companyVon Zerneck Sertner Films
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseMay 23 (2004-05-23) 
May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)

Reversible Errors is a 2004 American made-for-television crime thriller film based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Scott Turow. It was directed by Mike Robe, who previously directed Scott Turow's The Burden of Proof , and stars Tom Selleck and William H. Macy. Filming was done in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia, and featured shots of Halifax City Hall and Angus L. Macdonald Bridge.

Contents

The film was first shown by CBS in two parts on May 23 and 25, 2004. [1] [2] Channel 5 in the United Kingdom has chosen to show it as a single 173 minute film. [3]

Plot

A young woman and two other people are killed in a Kindle County local bar. Experienced detective sergeant Larry Starczek (Tom Selleck) begins investigation on the murders. Soon everything points to the small-time thief, Squirrel. Larry arrests him and makes the thief confess. After a short trial, the Squirrel is sent to death row.

The story now moves seven years later, as new evidence surfaces. Nobody is confident that it was Squirrel who actually killed the victims years ago. Furthermore, the judge from his trial may have been compromised.

Cast

Home media

Reversible Errors was released on DVD in the United States on October 12, 2004. [4]

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