A young ghetto kid despairs of ever getting out of that environment and making something of himself, until one day he gets a job as an assistant in a veterinarian's office, and working with all the animals begins to affect his outlook on life.
In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe that the boys are innocent and, against all advice from his friends and family, sets them free, which turns the entire community against him.
Duke Johnson viaja a un pueblo sureño para enterrar a su hermano. Tras el funeral se entera de que debe permanecer 60 días para solucionar el tema de la herencia. Unos pocos lugareños convencen a Duke para que reabra el club nocturno de su difunto hermano. Pronto comienzan las intimidaciones por parte de la policía local, ya que Duke se niega a pagarles los sobornos que le exigen, a continuación los polis corruptos lo atacan junto con su amiga Aretha. Esto hace que pida ayuda a su viejo amigo Roy, que llega con unos cuantos amigos a la ciudad, para hacer justicia.
Also known as "Dragnet 1966," this TV movie was originally the pilot for the 1967 relaunch of the original 1950s "Dragnet" radio show and TV show (which also had it's own movie in 1954, from the same creative team). However, the pilot wasn't actually aired until 1969. In this feature-length entry, Sgt. Joe Friday is called back from vacation to work with his partner, Officer Bill Gannon, on a missing persons case. Two amateur female models and a young war widow have vanished, having been last seen with one J. Johnson. In the course of tracking down Johnson and the young ladies, the detectives wind up with two different descriptions of the suspect, one of which closely resembles a dead body found in a vacant lot. But the dead man, later identified as Charles LeBorg of France, proves not to be J. Johnson, when a third young model disappears.
En la época de la Gran Depresión, la crítica situación de Dodson (Mississippi) empeora con la llegada de Owen Legate (Robert Redford), un funcionario del ferrocarril cuya misión es despedir a gran parte de los empleados locales. Alva Starr (Natalie Wood) es una joven muy hermosa y coqueta con muchos planes y ningún sitio a donde ir hasta que Legate aparece en su vida. Su aventura sentimental enfurece a la distante y despreocupada madre de Alva (Kate Reid) y enciende el deseo de venganza del pueblo.
