Director
Фильм рассказывает о первой и последней женщине в Джорджии, которую казнили на электрическом стуле. Ее обвинили в том, что она убила своего белого нанимателя. На суде, длившемся всего один день, женщина утверждала, что была вынуждена сделать это из соображений самозащиты, потому что хозяин превратил ее в свою сексуальную рабыню…
Judge
Гарри Барберу предложили быстро и хорошо заработать. Чтобы выманить деньги у старого и больного миллионера, его жена и дочь от другого брака решили инсценировать похищение последней и потребовать выкуп. Им нужен кто-то, кто бы позвонил старику, объявил сумму выкупа, а потом забрал бы деньги. Именно на эту роль и пригласили Гарри. Гарри, до этого ни за что отсидевший два года в тюрьме, неохотно, но согласился. Возможно, он сделал тем самым серьезную ошибку…
Detective Barnes
Sydnee Carpenter (Vanessa Marcil) is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, Matthew (Thomas Gibson). When her husband and son are suddenly killed in a boating accident, Sydnee's comfortable existence is shattered. Although she is overwhelmed by her grief, Sydnee cannot ignore the strange pieces from her husband's past that continue to make their way into the present. Before long, she suspects that her husband has masterminded an elaborate scheme in order to abandon her and kidnap their son. Unable to convince the authorities of her wild sounding speculations, Sydnee does catch the attention of detective Jim sanders (James Wilder), who may have his own hidden agenda for getting involved with her plight.
Doctor Nichols
When you're the city attorney you don't need the kinds of problems that her father was giving her. After her mother died, her father began doing his "Santa Schtick," as she called it, much more intensely... which meant that he turned his home into a kind of year-round Santa Claus castle where children of all ages could come to see the wonderful presents and no child ever left without a gift.
A man's life and marriage fall apart when he is stalked and harassed by a mysterious secret admirer -- a woman he claims he has never met, in this fact-based variation on "Fatal Attraction."
Trial Judge
One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of an affair. Especially Nancy's brother is keen on getting the children away from the suspected murderer. All evidence points against Richard, but in court Richard surprisingly presents proof that his wife had depressions and maybe killed herself - or are these proofs just fake? -- Depicts an authentic case.
Sam
The story of Hazel Brannon Smith, a Southern newspaper publisher who risked the loss of everything she loved by defying the bigotry of her neighbors in the 1950s.
McPhail
Восьмилетний чернокожий Девин становится свидетелем преступления наркомафии. Он соглашается рассказать обо всем полиции, если ему разрешат подежурить в патрульной машине и дадут настоящие полицейские атрибуты — значок и наручники. Напарником Девина становится опытный полицейский МакКена, не имеющий большого опыта общения с детьми и поэтому с трудом выносящий восторженного мальчишку…
Johnny Hammer
Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison. The girl, feeling bad about what she did to them, resolves to break them out of the prison
Zachary Taylor
Приключенческий фильм о солдатах, защищающих народ от порабощения. В нем много боевых действий, а также военной техники: суперлазеры, ракеты, управляемые компьютерами, летающие мотоциклы и тому подобное.
Felix
College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
Al
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.
Young Brother
Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended white community, she meets Roop, a charismatic but irresponsible garbage collector. Romance quickly ensues, but Claudine doubts that their relationship is good for her six children, and Rupert, despite his good nature, is reluctant to take on fatherhood.
John Hayes
The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".
Hit Man
A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a heroin addict and died of an overdose. Infuriated, he gathers three of his ex-GI buddies and they lay out plans to fight the drug dealers.
