Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam. He returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the Service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead. Hodges is in no position to decline: Childers saved his life in Vietnam.

Director: William Friedkin

Writer: Jim Webb, Stephen Gaghan

Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce

Production: N/A