by Jason Ankeny
synopsis
Joseph Sargent's made-for-TV drama, set during World War II, stars Walter Matthau as an attorney coerced into defending a German POW who is accused of murdering the town physician (Barnard Hughes), Matthau's best friend.
characteristics
- Attorney
- Lawyer
- Murder
- Justice
- Miscarriage Of Justice
- POW (Prisoner Of War)
- POW/MIA
- Friend
- Career
- False-accusation
- Investigation
- Crimes Against Humanity
