The Jordan Chance

The Jordan Chance

120 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 12, 1978

Jordan Chance was wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. Upon release, he becomes a lawyer and investigates the case of a Mexican woman convicted of murder. The local police give him every reason to believe she was railroaded to ease a tense racial status quo, and they will stop at almost nothing to prevent the case from being reopened.

The Jordan Chance

120 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Dec. 12, 1978

The Jordan Chance
Jordan Chance was wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. Upon release, he becomes a lawyer and investigates the case of a Mexican woman convicted of murder. The local police give him every reason to believe she was railroaded to ease a tense racial status quo, and they will stop at almost nothing to prevent the case from being reopened.
Producers
Original title The Jordan Chance
Directors Mark R. Schilz, Jules Irving, Ray Taylor Jr.
Writers Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins

Cast

Raymond Burr

as Frank Jordan

Ted Shackelford

as Brian Klosky

Stella Stevens

as Verna Stewart

George DiCenzo

as Sheriff DeVega

James Canning

as Jimmy Foster

Peter Haskell

as Lee Southerland

Maria Elena Cordero

as Elena Delgado

Rod Haase

as Terry Prescott

Gerald McRaney

as Sid Burton

John Dennis Johnston

as Lew Mayfield

Jeannie Fitzsimmons

as Karen Wagner

John McIntire

as Jasper Colton

Grant Owens

as Mike Anderson

Michael Dan Wagner

as Judge Miller

Walt Davis

as Ted Teeton

Sylvia Hayes

as Sis

Nancy Jeris

as Alma Southerland

Julia Benjamin

as Girl

Ellen Blake

as Anita

Tom Stewart

as Deputy D.A.

Gil Serna

as Deputy

James W. Gavin

as Police Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Harry Johnson

as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)