This made-for-cable film is an excellent example of the kind of issue-oriented script that deserves to be made even if it isn't the kind of thing on which the Hollywood studios could make any money.
In 1989, Connecticut housewife Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek) learns that her high school sweetheart Russell (David Strathairn) is on death row in a South Carolina prison. Despite the disapproval of her husband, Keith (Arliss Howard), Pam agrees to the request of Russell's sister that she go to South
Carolina and attempt to persuade Russell to speak in his own defense at his clemency hearing.
Pam finds Russell quite different from the gentle boy she once knew. Althou...
Released:
1996
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins