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Framed is a 1975 American crime neo noir film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Joe Don Baker and Conny Van Dyke. It was the final film of Karlson's Hollywood career.
Framed: Directed by Phil Karlson. With Joe Don Baker, Conny Van Dyke, Gabriel Dell, John Marley. A gambler kills a sheriff in self defense. But as everyone in conspiring against him, he is condemned to a long sentence in prison.
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.
The one thing Joe Don does absolutely superbly in "Framed" is leap from cars. At one point, he backs his Corvette in front of another car and leaps out before the crash. Near the movie's alleged denouement, he drives in front of a train and leaps out while his would-be kidnapers are killed.
When Craig's boyfriend, Steve Price (Barry Sullivan), robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert, but Craig murders Price, takes the money and convinces Lambert that he killed...
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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