Lt. Col. Barney Adams (Robert Mitchum) is assigned to defend Lt. Winston (Keenan Wynn), a fellow American officer who murdered a British sergeant while stationed in India during World War II. Though a psychiatrist suggests hospitalization for the psychopathic Winston, Gen. Kempton (Barry Sullivan) pressures Adams to throw the trial as a means of smoothing over strained relations between American and British forces. Conflicted, Adams must disobey orders if he wants to see justice served. Wikipedia
Lt. Col. Barney Adams (Robert Mitchum) is assigned to defend Lt. Winston (Keenan Wynn), a fellow American officer who murdered a British sergeant while stationed in India during World War II. Though a psychiatrist suggests hospitalization for the psychopathic Winston, Gen. Kempton (Barry Sullivan) pressures Adams to throw the trial as a means of...