Beyond the Call

IMDb link: 0115666
IMDb rating: 5.9 (249 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Arliss Howard, Tony Bill
Cast: David Strathairn, Sissy Spacek, Janet Wright and others

Release date: 23 Jun 1996
Release year: 1996
Runtime: 101 minutes
Country: Canada, United States
Keywords: vietnam war veteran, shooting a police officer, ptsd post traumatic stress disorder, prison, childhood sweetheart, death row, kissing a married woman, kiss on the lips, old friends, old friends reunited

Plot:

Russell Gates is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O'Brien, is stunned to learn this and does not believe he could commit such a crime. She writes to him much to the dismay of her husband Keith and becomes obsessed with the case, exploring every avenue that may still be open to the doomed man. The trips to the prison take a toll on both her marriage and her family.

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