Touched by an Angel: A Death in the Family (2001)
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In his zeal to nail a vicious drug dealer, white narcotics detective Frank McCovey (Scott Baio) accidentally shoots down an 11-year-old black kid named Jamal (J.B. Potter). Inasmuch as Frank had previously lost his own daughter in a similar racially-charged tragedy, many in the black community are persuaded that the shooting was an act of vengeance--and before long, the flames of an impending riot are being fanned by media-manipulating ghetto activist Reverend Davis (a pre-Grey's Anatomy Isaiah Washington. Who, wonders angel Monica (Roma Downey, is most in need of Heaven's assistance in this case: McCovey, Davis...or Jamal's grieving parents? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Stuart Margolin
Synopsis of Touched by an Angel: A Death in the Family
In his zeal to nail a vicious drug dealer, white narcotics detective Frank McCovey (Scott Baio) accidentally shoots down an 11-year-old black kid named Jamal (J.B. Potter). Inasmuch as Frank had previously lost his own daughter in a similar racially-charged tragedy, many in the black community are persuaded that the shooting was an act of vengeance--and before long, the flames of an impending riot are being fanned by media-manipulating ghetto activist Reverend Davis (a pre-Grey's Anatomy Isaiah Washington. Who, wonders angel Monica (Roma Downey, is most in need of Heaven's assistance in this case: McCovey, Davis...or Jamal's grieving parents? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Touched by an Angel: A Death in the Family
- Scott Baio - Det. Frank McCovey
- Cynthia Martells - Madeline
- Isaiah Washington - Rev. Davis
- J.B. Porter - Jamal Griffin
- Larry Joshua - Daniels
- Mary Ward - Jan McCovey
- Stan Ellsworth - Pendleton
- Jeffrey Schoeny - Brian McCovey
- Director(s):
- Stuart Margolin
- Writer(s):
- Allen Estrin, Joseph Telushkin, E.F. Wallengren
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