Released:
1997-03-09

Overview:
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.

Director:
Bruce Pittman

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
Drama, Romance, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Louis Gossett Jr.
  as
  Daniel Stewart
• 
  Lonette McKee
• 
  Kathleen York
  as
  Aurora Watling
• 
  William Schallert
  as
  Judge Shelton
• 
  Beth Grant