A lawyer trying to cope with his son's accidental death takes on a case where a farmer is charged with booby trapping a watermelon patch with a shotgun which went off and injured a young boy. But in choosing to defend the farmer, he puts himself at odds with the boy's father, an old friend who is politically influential. In dealing with this case, he is forced to confront his own son's death and his wife's slippage into being a virtual recluse.
Cast
Louis Gossett Jr.
Daniel Stewart
Lonette McKee
Unknown
Kathleen York
Aurora Watling
William Schallert
Judge Shelton
Beth Grant
Unknown
Scott Lawrence
Ranse Shipley
Kathryne Dora Brown
Camile Stewart
Robert C. Treveiler
Unknown
Doren Fein
Unknown
Joe Don Baker
Horace
Frankie Muniz
Oscar
Pamela Garmon
Mrs. Shelton
Philip Loch
Barney
Elizabeth Omilami
Eva Lynn
Rasheed Wilson
Danny
Chandler Parker
Joe Shipley
Sondra Berry
Lois Finch
Ron Dortch
Al Finch
Barry Bell
Sheriff
Crew
Bruce Pittman
Director
H. Haden Yelin
Writer, Co-Producer
Ralph Brunjes
Editor, Post Production Supervisor
Vesna Svilanovic
Assistant Editor
Frank P. Flynn
Director of Photography
Michele Ziegler
First Assistant Director
Rick Clark
Second Assistant Director
Dennis Considine
Executive Producer
Hillard Elkins
Executive Producer
Louis Gossett Jr.
Executive Producer
Eleanor Hemingway
Production Supervisor
Patricia Finnegan
Producer
Ric Rondell
Line Producer, Unit Production Manager
David Ensley
Production Designer
Mary V. Buck
Casting
Susan Edelman
Casting
Peggy Farrell
Costume Designer
Alonzo Wilson
Costume Supervisor
Nancy Brown
Hairstylist
Gigi Coker
Makeup Artist
Joyce Etheridge
Makeup Artist
Carl Rudisill
Sound Mixer
Mike Schorr
Special Effects
David Shire
Original Music Composer
Seymour Red Press
Music Coordinator
Lori Slomka
Music Editor
Mark Gingras
Dialogue Editor
Alastair Gray
Dialogue Editor
Frank Galline
Set Decoration
Christine Moore
Script Supervisor
Geoffrey S. Grimsman
Art Direction
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