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.
David Shire | Original Music Composer |
Ralph Brunjes | Editor |
David Ensley | Production Designer |
Frank P. Flynn | Director of Photography |
H. Haden Yelin | Co-Producer |
Ric Rondell | Line Producer |
Louis Gossett Jr. | Executive Producer |
Hillard Elkins | Executive Producer |
Dennis Considine | Executive Producer |
Patricia Finnegan | Producer |