Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (1992)

Director
Kevin Hooks

Richard Wesley
Curtis McClarinEdmund Perry
Anna Maria HorsfordVeronica Perry
Carla GuginoAllison Connors
Christopher Daniel BarnesSean
Taurean BlacqueJonah Perry Sr.
Guy KillumJonah Perry
Dakin MatthewsHowards
Cuba Gooding Jr.Tyree
Hari Rhodes
Georg Stanford BrownDarwin Tolliver
Vondie Curtis-HallC. Yernon Mason
Peter IacangeloPolice Sergeant Grady
Kelly Jo MinterSharonda
Angelo TiffeLee Van Hooten
Keri JohnsonLanard
Karen BankheadRachel
Nick AngottiChief Michaels
Al WhiteMr. Lee
Damon StandiferPedro
Don DolanCaptain Pierce
John AchornHouse Master
Thomas BabsonCoach
Ele KeatsLisa
John Frederick JonesSpeaker
Peter SpearsStudent Proctor
Tommy Morgan Jr.Hassan
Rosie Lee HooksReporter A
James NewallReporter B
Geoffrey InfeldStudent #1
Eric WelchAnother Student
Ross Levinson
Robert GuillaumePolice Commissioner
Kevin Hooks
Michael Apted
Jeffrey D. Stevens
Joel Fields
Ronald H. Gilbert
Ardythe Goergens
Lauren Waldron
Mark W. Rosenbaum
Christopher J. Kristoff

You want a motive? The jury had no trouble finding one: Edmund Perry and his brother Jonah had attempted to mug a policeman, who reacted, quite reasonably, by shooting him.

(Some Spoilers) On the evening of June 12, 1985 17 year old Edmund Perry and his brother Jonah, Curtis McClarin & Guy Killum, were out playing night basketball when all of a sudden their lives were turned upside down. In Emdund's case it in fact ended!

This is a powerful film, the acting is natural and the story gets to the point.