Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura ...

A semi-fictionalized version of John Resko's incarceration is presented. John (Ben Gazzara) is on death row at Sing Sing for murder. In December 1930, he killed a toy store shopkeeper (Arthur ...