
Q & A(1990)
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.


“He was taken by everyone, for everything he had. All he had left was one obsession. To get even. To pay them back two for one.”
Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.

Joe Don Baker
Ron Lewis

Conny Van Dyke
Susan Barrett

Gabriel Dell
Vince Greeson

John Marley
Sal Viccarrone

Brock Peters
Sam Perry

John Larch
Bundy

Warren J. Kemmerling
Morello

Paul Mantee
Frank

Walter Brooke
Sen. Tatum
Joshua Bryant
Andrew Ney
Framed is a action, crime, thriller film released in 1975 exploring themes of based on novel or book, hitman, cop-killer, police corruption, frame up, political corruption. Directed by Phil Karlson, it stars Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke, Gabriel Dell. Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.
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