Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec's father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. Alec repudiates his father's attempts for a final reconciliation. David Graham, convinced of his son's innocence and, despite his preoccupation with himself and his own alcoholism, mounts a last-ditch effort to find the true murderer in the 24 hours remaining until the planned execution. Graham encounters the wealthy and famous car manufacturer Robert Stanford, tyrant at home and in the office and an apparent womanizer, Stanford's young, curiously troubled wife Honar, their ill-at- ease son Brian, himself disturbed by his parents' relationship, and Vicky Harker, a young, brainless secretary at Stanford's factory who has been climbing up the career ... 　　译文(2): 亚历克 · 格雷厄姆因谋杀女友珍妮被判处死刑，他和珍妮在朋友布莱恩 · 斯坦福父母的英国乡间别墅度过了一个周末。亚历克的父亲大卫 · 格雷厄姆(David Graham)是一个不太成功的作家和酒鬼，过去一直忽视自己的儿子。他从加拿大飞过来看望他被判死刑的儿子。亚历克否认了他父亲最终和解的企图。大卫 · 格雷厄姆坚信自己儿子是无辜的，尽管他一心只想着自己和自己的酗酒问题，他仍然在最后24小时内寻找真正的凶手，直到执行死刑。格雷厄姆遇到了富有而著名的汽车制造商罗伯特 · 斯坦福，家庭和办公室里的暴君，一个明显的花花公子，斯坦福年轻的，好奇的困扰的妻子霍纳，他们不自在的儿子布莱恩，他自己被他父母的关系所困扰，和维姬 · 哈克，一个年轻的，无脑的秘书在斯坦福的工厂谁一直在攀登的职业生涯..。