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In Calusa, South Florida, three Vietnamese youths are brutally executed--a single playing card, the ace of spades, laid on each of their lifeless bodies. The killings are reminiscent of the style practiced by maverick American troops in the Vietnam War 30 years earlier.Matthew Hope (Brian Dennehy) fought in that war and still has the emotional scars to prove it. Now a lawyer, he receives a phone call telling him that an old war buddy who saved his life has been charged with the murders. When it's discovered that the man Hope is defending was responsible for the systematic execution of an entire village during the war, even he has his doubts. Can it really be true? Or are their more sinister forces at work?
Editor's Note
Based on a novel by crime writer Ed McBain, this made-for-television film stars Brian Dennehy as lawyer and shellshocked Vietnam veteran Matthew Hope. When three Vietnamese immigrants are found brutally murdered in south Florida, blame falls on Hope's old war buddy Stephen Leeds (John Doman). Leeds had once saved Hope's life in Vietnam, and now the lawyer repays the favor by coming to his friend's defense. But as Hope battles a tough prosecuting attorney (Mary Stuart Masterson) and Leeds' suspiciously motivated wife (Debrah Farentino), he makes a startling discovery about Leed's wartime experiences that shakes his belief in his friend's innocence.
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