Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

I am very pleased to announce that my next film project has been launched, The Pro Bono Watchman.  It will star Mike Gassaway, who is one of the most esteemed actors in the Austin film community. Mike is in the current blockbuster Greenland, which stars Gerard Butler. He recently starred in a British film called God 2 in which he played the leading role of God. Of course, Mike also played the flamboyant and bombastic Senator Harlan Cruthers in My Stretch of Texas Ground, who never met a war he didn't like.

In The Pro Bono Watchman, Mike will play a retired lawyer who is spending his time at home with his wife who is dying of cancer, but then a close friend asks him for a favor that concerns a 6 year old girl. That's all I can tell you.  

But, it is a very moving story, and I know that viewers will be affected emotionally. 

The film will be directed by Ray Spivey, who directed Mike in the award-winning film Writer's Block. Ray will also be producing, and he has already begun. The film is in pre-production now. 

It will also star George Cory Welder and Bobbie Grace from His Stretch of Texas Ground, and Jennifer Gunderson, who played the Security Officer who flirted with Abdul Latif Hassan in My Stretch of Texas Ground. It will also feature Carlton Caudle, who appeared in both My Stretch and His Stretch. There is still more casting to do, as there are 22 speaking roles. 

The film will be edited by Jeff Stolhand.

And there is another element of the film that I am very excited about, which is a song written by Roger Brown and sung by Christy Mims, called I've Had It With You. It is an absolutely gorgeous ballad, and Christy's voice in it soars. This song will play at a gripping point in the film, and I know it will be riveting.  

I wrote this screenplay for Mike Gassaway, and I know he is going to deliver a powerful performance as Hank Cassidy.