When troubled young Bobby (Brendan Fraser) is falsely accused and wrongfully convicted of murder, even his family has doubts about his innocence. But Bobby's father (Martin Sheen) is convinced that his son is innocent, leading to an impassioned struggle to free him from prison. A powerful indictment of a flawed U.S. judicial system and disturbing elements in law enforcement, director Paul Wendkos's film is based on true events.