Carolina Skeletons

IMDb link: 0101549
IMDb rating: 6.2 (509 votes)
Genres: Crime, Drama
Director: John Erman
Cast: Bruce Dern, Melissa Leo, Louis Gossett Jr., Paul Roebling and others

Release date: 30 Sep 1991
Release year: 1991
Runtime: 93 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: dumping a dead body in a lake, cigarette smoking, courtroom, sentenced to be executed, execution of an innocent man, sentenced to die, sentenced to death, innocent sentenced to death, sentenced to die in the electric chair, sentence to death

Plot:

In the late 60's, James Bragg, a (black) Army man who goes home to see his dying mother. And when he sees her, her dying wish is that James prove the innocence of his brother, Linus who was executed 30 years ago for killing two girls which she says he didn't do. Bragg starts looking into things and finds several inconsistencies and that his brother was not treated fairly. He crosses paths with the Sheriff who is the son of the Sheriff who arrested his brother. And Bragg wonders if he's going to help him.

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