Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.
Acting
Baker's simmering physical presence carries every scene.
Direction
Karlson's final film, stripped-down and vicious.
Director
Phil Karlson
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