Defence attorney Teddy Barnes is haunted by an incident when her actions led to a case of wrongful imprisonment. Desperate not to make the same mistake again, she battles to clear publishing magnate Jack Forrester of murdering his wife. In the end she falls in love with him, but begins to wonder whether he really is innocent. Thriller, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia and Lance Henriksen.

After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance develops amidst the trial.