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Academy Award Writing (Story and Screenplay - Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced) 1971 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Story and Screenplay - Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced) 1971 · Nominated
When executive Bill Compton's (Dennis Patrick) daughter, Melissa (Susan Sarandon), overdoses at the house of her drug-dealer boyfriend, Compton flies into a rage and kills the dealer. He tries to make it look like a robbery gone wrong but, in a bar afterward, confesses his crime to a stranger named Joe (Peter Boyle). Joe is a hippie-hater and...