Madison
An ex-con, just released from jail, returns home only to become immediately embroiled in a robbery. A tenacious FBI agent hounds him every step of the way.
Bailiff
John Bourgignon, a drummer-chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator, encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics cult, and other crazed characters in the days leading up to his wedding.
Hypnotist
The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him to force him to confess to stealing secret documents while stationed in Orleans, France, in 1961, led Congress to award him $625,000 in damages nearly 20 years later.
Business Manager
Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Armory Lieutenant
Un joven de raza india, Clarence Carnes, ingresa en un reformatorio a los 16 años por un robo. Después de intentar fugarse varias veces sin éxito es condenado a cadena perpetua en Alcatraz en 1945. Allí planea una nueva fuga, también fallida, tras la cual adquiere cierto prestigio e importantes contactos dentro de la prisión, además de trabar amistad con el recluso más famoso de "la roca", el conocido "hombre de los pájaros". En 1962 prepara un segundo plan de fuga junto con Frank Morris y los hermanos Anglin. Viéndose estrechamente vigilado y temiendo que ello malogre la huída de sus compañeros, decide abandonar el plan pero se compromete a ayudarles en todo lo posible.
Family Friend
Based on the autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, who grows up in the glamorous, cruel and emotionally unstable world of her parents.
