"The story of Caryl Chessman, a convicted California rapist who spent 12 years on death row before finally being executed."
Alan Alda
as Caryl W. Chessman
Talia Shire
as Rosalie Asher
John Hillerman
as George Davis
Barnard Hughes
as Judge Fricke
Virginia Kiser
as Virginia Gibbons
Edward Mallory
as Warden Teets
Walter McGinn
as J. Miller Leavy
Ben Piazza
as Bill Edmunds
John Randolph
as Judge Lewis Goodman
John P. Ryan
as Johnson
James B. Sikking
as Mr. Lea
Maxine Stuart
as Mrs. Asher
James Keach
as Officer #1
Philip Baker Hall
as Phillips
F. William Parker
as Judge Guerin
Mwako Cumbuka
as 1st Clerk
Jason Johnson
as Binder
Joe E. Tata
as Kelton
John Gay
Writer
Buzz Kulik
Director
Les Green
Editor
Bob J. Human
Sound Editor
Audrey A. Blasdel
Set Decoration
Bert Gold
Associate Producer
Peter Katz
Producer
Ross Bellah
Art Direction
Adell Aldrich
Script Supervisor
Harry Hogan III
Assistant Director
Richard C. Goddard
Carl Braunger
Karl Silvera
Makeup Artist
Doug Grindstaff
Shinichi Yamazaki
Music Editor
Gary Epper
Stunts
Gerald Perry Finnerman
Director of Photography
Bill Conti
Original Music Composer