
Reporter Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood), who’s an alcoholic and a womanizer, is tasked with interviewing a man, Frank Louis Beachum (Isaiah Washington), who’s about to be executed for killing a pregnant female. After doing some studies and speakme to Frank, Steve is satisfied that he is harmless. He tries to analyze, however because of his ingesting and womanizing, he isn’t very credible, and he when he thinks that he’s onto something, he hits a wall. Eventually, his non-public and expert lifestyles are damaged, and the person who he believes is innocent is getting closer to his date with the needle. tt0139668