Owen believes a convicted murderer is innocent, but the only way to gain a new trial is to prove incompetence against the defense attorney, an old and close friend. The relationship between revered teacher and student is the focus of this offbeat and absorbing tale. A retired lawyer, a legend in his lifetime, well played by Ralph Bellamy, decides to come out of retirement and take up the defense of a young man accused of murder. What he forgets to consider is the state of his health and its effect on his concentration, both of which create a situation of near disaster for his client and his former student, Owen Marshall.